Birdfeeding: Friends of a Feather Flock Together

>>I've mostly been seeing the usual suspects - large flock of sparrows, cardinals, jays, mourning doves - but saw the Eurasian collared doves yesterday.<<

Nice.

>>The Merlin app keeps pointing out the sound of a cedar waxwing, but I can never lay eyes on them (they are harder for me to hear usually because the sparrows are so chatty). I would very much like to see one. They have to be eating out of the compost bin and then hiding in the hedge.<<

They are beautiful birds. You can try attracting them with berries or fruiting plants. They will take raisins or other dried fruit, and mealworms.

https://www.birdsandblooms.com/birding/attracting-birds/attract-waxwings-berries/

https://www.exploringbirds.com/posts/how-to-attract-cedar-waxwing

https://www.nature-anywhere.com/blogs/bird-feeding-academy/bird-of-the-week-the-cedar-waxwing