For the last few weeks, just before sunrise — if it is not cold or rainy — I wake to the lovely song of a Carolina wren, sweet, loud and constantly changing from one tune to another with some melodic ...

Carolina wrens, unlike house wrens, live here year-round. So Carolinas have a wing up, so to speak, on house wrens: They get first choice on nesting quarters. In fact, they’re well along with nest ...

Did you know that South Carolina has its own designated state bird? The Carolina Wren, ideally named for its new position with the state, was designated as the official state bird for South Carolina ...

In Massachusetts, it's not surprising to observe a plethora of black-capped chickadees flitting about in the tangled underbrush. Chickadees are, after all, the official state bird and have been since ...

In late morning on a bitterly cold day this week, with the outside temperature at 26 degrees, I heard the unmistakable “teakettle, teakettle” song of a Carolina wren from somewhere in my yard in ...

NC Cooperative Extension Area Natural Resources Agent for the Brunswick, Pender, and New Hanover Counties Every spring, I look forward to the return birdsong resounding through the trees in my ...

Did you know that South Carolina has its own designated state bird? The Carolina Wren, ideally named for its new position with the state, was designated as the official state bird for South Carolina ...

I saw a new bird at my feeder last winter. In mid-December, a small, reddish-brown bird with an upturned tail, a white eyebrow-stripe, and a long, slender, downcurved bill was on the deck below our ...

I saw a new bird at my feeder last winter. In mid-December, a small, reddish-brown bird with an upturned tail, a white eyebrow-stripe, and a long, slender, downcurved bill was on the deck below our ...