Opinion: a huge number of folklore traditions and rituals have grown up around the little wren, especially at this time of year Now that the festive season is here and we're busy shopping, decorating ...

It looks far too tiny to produce such a song, a liquid glissando that rings through the woods. The winter wren is a little brown bird with a very big song. It’s a demitasse of a bird, weighing less ...

European folklore holds that the wren "is the king of all birds." This seems an odd choice, since the wren is among the smallest of birds. There are several versions of the story. Perhaps the most ...

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 ...

Dull in appearance but notable for its effervescent song, the house wren is a common summer inhabitant of scrublands and woodland edges throughout much of North America. Variation in plumage and call ...

More than 60% of all grassland habitats in North America have been lost, according to the 2019 North American Grassland and Birds Report by the National Audubon Society. Much of it is due to ...

To begin with, Marjory, I’m sorry to hear about your little bluebirds. The adults will likely re-nest, but it’s still no fun to find dead baby birds. I’m also sorry if I spelled your name wrong. After ...

Mike Adams is a biologist, educator, researcher and author. To contact him, email [email protected]. Locally large birds like the bald eagle, wild turkey, sandhill crane, common crow and even ...

Across the desert regions of the southwestern United States southward into central Mexico, a feisty little bird thrives. The sight and scolding sounds of the cactus wren, Campylorhynchus ...