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 ...

For the past 40-some-odd years my parents have maintained bird feeders. By now they have become part of the landscape and the local bird populations flock to their yard to take advantage of the easy ...

Early this spring, I hung a small bird box from a pergola rafter ten feet from my kitchen window. I had high hopes that either Carolina chickadees or house wrens (both are cavity-nesters) would ...

Three kinds of wrens nest in the area, Carolina wren, Bewick’s wren and house wren. However, the Carolina wren is most common. It’s a loud, chatty little bird that sings any time of day. A little bird ...

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 ...

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 2023 was the warmest year ever recorded. I remember it being hot in the summertime, but I think the effect of this heat was ...

This week’s featured creature is a rather dull looking little brown bird that passes through the Ada area during spring and fall migration. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology reports that the house wren ...

They picked out the real estate and are decorating the nursery. Carolina wrens, having chosen a hollowed gourd just outside my window, tag team now with beaks full of dried leaves to insulate their ...

We recently visited Marshall, Michigan for their annual home garden tour and had a wonderful reunion with long-time friends who now live in this city of beautiful homes and gardens. The area is a ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Readers will hopefully be familiar with the red-bellied woodpecker as a ...

Patti and Randy Edens of Willis are limited to driving one vehicle. A Carolina wren has built its nest in the cargo bed of their pickup truck, and three eggs are resting there. "The wren got revenge," ...