I noticed a pair of blue jays scrambling from the branches of one of our red maple trees every time I walked from the garage out to our shed. After detecting the ongoing presence of these jay birds… ...

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 ...

You'll have much more luck attracting birds to your birdhouse if you know the nesting habits and preferences of local bird species. In Southeastern states, house wrens and sparrows, eastern ...

Seven or eight is average for house wrens, nine or 10 unusual. A second nesting, however, likely will be four to six eggs. The female lays one egg per day, usually first thing in the morning.

The house wren nest box is empty, but my heart is full. The annual wren nesting at Mt. Hoo has been a success. For seven years now a tiny camera has allowed my wife and I to watch this miracle ...

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I have not heard the house wren singing since the day he arrived. He may have kept flying north. Even so, I won’t be checking the chickadee nest again.

Sometimes it’s the little miracles we remember the most.For nearly 20 years we’ve had house wrens nesting at Mt. Hoo, so it became routine each spring knowing there was activity in the … ...

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 ...

This year the first house wren arrived 11 days earlier than I’ve ever recorded one here. I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw the male wren wooing a female down at the old nest box, far from ...

House wrens are spunky little birds about the size of a newly hatched chicken. They once inhabited almost every backyard and garden, consuming insects and chattering away to inform the world of ...

This week’s featured creature is a rather dull looking little brown bird that passes through the Ada area during spring and fall migration.