In 1953, famed naturalist Roger Tory Peterson, who originated the field guide series bearing his name, took his British colleague, James Fisher, on a 30,000-mile tour of North America. They recounted ...

It’s time for another chapter in our birds-at-home exploration. Today’s familiar companion: wrens. Let’s start at the beginning. Would you know one if you saw one? Wrens are diminutive brown birds ...

Wrens are one of my favorite groups of birds. They are small, cute, and like to hide from us. That makes them challenging. But they also have songs that explode from cover and tell us which species ...

One of Marin’s most famous songbird families is the wrens — perky-tailed little brown birds with loud voices and a lot of personality. Outside of the birding world, many everyday people have not the ...

The suburbs are no love nest, at least not for two of the region’s most beloved songsters, the Pacific wren and Swainson’s thrush. Instead, when their forest homes are cleared for development, these ...

There's nothing like a wren on a cold, blustery winter's day to teach a quick lesson in the resilient spirit shared by all our fine feathered friends. Although not particularly suited to cold ...

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Urban development is encroaching on forests in the Pacific Northwest. And it’s also ruining Valentine’s Day for some songbirds. Because urban growth is making it a challenge for some birds like the ...

August isn't the peak month for bird activity in our area. Mornings are noticeably quieter than they were six weeks ago, since most species have completed courtship and nesting. Some nesting species ...