CWs have graced my yard periodically over the past weeks. However, this morning about 7:00, I was walking in my yard and I heard them before I saw them. Hundreds darted into the top-most branches of three oak trees right by my house. Isn't is amazing how they fly together so quickly and at various angles in the sky??? One large group broke away from the convention area and fed on berries about 50 yards away. So much noise - but such beautiful birds. I know they won't be here much longer, so every time I hear that unmistakable high-pitched song, I grab my bins to get a closer look. I think we have had record numbers of Waxwings in Louisiana this year. (I know I have seen more of them this season than ever before.) Is it already time for them to move on? That might be why there were so many together at one time. Can anyone estimate when they will be leaving my area?