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The Waxwings mostly like to gulp down the ripe fruits but supplement their diet with bugs as an appetizer. The Waxwing is easily recognized by the yellow band at the tip of tail, generally this is a sleek, crested, brown-gray bird with a bit of white and pale yellow on belly, and a black eye triangle that starts from the forehead above the beak and ends behind and under the head crest. They are migratory, spending winters in southern USA to Panama.