With the leaves off of the trees, now is a great time to get a great look at large flocks of cedar waxwings in the preserves, such as this group of them at Hickory Creek Preserve earlier this week. | Forest Preserve District of Will County

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One of our patients, this beautiful Cedar Waxwing fledgling, is soaking in some Vitamin D today. She is also listening to the sounds around here which include a flock of Waxwings currently feeding on our Elderberry bushes. By us having a lot of native berry shrubs here, it attracts a variety of birds to our site. It helps on days like this when we have a young orphan that needs to acclimate to their environment. Our little charge will soon join the wild flock and be on her way, once she is compl

All birds use their wings to lift them off the ground – not normally as crutches to hold them up. Sadly, that’s what this cedar waxwing seemed to do as Registered Veterinary Technician Naschelly looked him over. Both his wings drooped and splayed at his sides as if to keep him balanced. This poor songbird was yet another victim of a window strike, and he had landed on his back. There was blood on the feathers of his wings and tail, which Naschelly gently cleaned. She left him to rest on a cloth