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 ...

The first broods of bluebirds, Carolina wrens, and chickadees have fledged. So should we rid the nest boxes of old nest material and all its mess as soon as babies fledge? Research says, that depends.

It is only early March, with Old Man Winter still looming large in the rearview mirror. But the birds speak – literally – of spring. Ever-lengthening daylight hours trigger our earliest songbirds to ...

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 ...

ONE RECENT morning while eating breakfast, I noticed a bird at the feeder that looked slightly different than the chickadees and goldfinches and titmice and other regular “little brown jobbers.” A ...

There are over 20 resident Florida birds that nest in cavities in trees or branches. These include Eastern Bluebird, Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, Great-crested ...

Carolina wrens have slightly more reddish plumage than northern house wrens. These stocky birds have a white eye stripe, bright rusty-brown plumage and beige below. They measure about 5 3/4 inches ...

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