Marcus James wrote:

>I just walked across small bridge that crosses Patuxent Parkway in 
>Columbia, and as I walked down some steps in front of office building near 
>the mall I saw a >bird sitting in a small tree there. It looked a little 
>different and I looked at it through my binos and saw a Cedar Waxwing, my 
>year's first. And then as I walked >around that office building to get to 
>the mall, I saw a whole lot more Cedar Waxwings among the trees.

We had three cedar waxwings on our deck Monday.  This is the first time 
they've ever come to our birdbaths/feeders and only the second time I've 
ever seen any.  Should have grabbed my camera but went for the binoculars 
instead.

Lisa Friedmann
Germantown, MD.