For many years the cedar wax wings visited us at our home in a town just north of Dallas each spring. They were particularly fond of the Possumhaw Holly in our front yard, although they visited the burford hollies as well. The Possumhaw is deciduous, losing its leaves in the fall but keeping it's bright red-orange berries which covered all its branches until spring. The wax wings would swoop in and strip all the fruit in a day or two. It was always a sure sign the bush would leaf out again within a couple of weeks.
For many years the cedar wax wings visited us at our home in a town just north of Dallas each spring. They were particularly fond of the Possumhaw Holly in our front yard, although they visited the burford hollies as well. The Possumhaw is deciduous, losing its leaves in the fall but keeping it's bright red-orange berries which covered all its branches until spring. The wax wings would swoop in and strip all the fruit in a day or two. It was always a sure sign the bush would leaf out again within a couple of weeks.