In 2024, scientists split the House Wren into seven species. Of the bunch, six can only be found in the tropics, but the ...

Spring is here, and love is in the air. Birds are romancing each other, and new nests are being built all around. I know you have seen the birds and heard their different songs. They are busy at work, ...

Ms. Renkl is a contributing Opinion writer who covers flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. NASHVILLE — The drama started the first time a house wren showed up, nearly a decade ago ...

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 ...

For us, summer usually starts on Mother’s Day when our back-of-the-garage garden plot begins to take shape. Today we can see the first yellow flowers on our tomato plants and our peppers, zucchini and ...

Motherhood is nature’s greatest marvel, giving life and sustenance to a new generation. Carolina wrens form lifelong male-female bonds, but the female makes the male work hard to court her before ...

June, June, glorious June, when the morning avian chorus is still quite strong. Birds are no longer flirting, serenading, wingwagging and air dancing/tumbling to attract a mate. Couples have hunkered ...