Most birds build some sort of nest where the eggs are incubated. In many species, the female does that job, and in many others both females and males participate. But in a few species, it is the male ...
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 ...
As birds go, the house wren (Troglodytes aedon) is on the small side. With a range in body size from 4.5 to 5 inches, the house wren is comparable to the American goldfinch, the chipping sparrow and ...
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How Birds Grow, From Hatching to Fledgling to Flight
Birds exhibit a wide variety of fascinating nesting and offspring-rearing behaviors throughout their lifecycle. Against the ...
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 ...
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 ...
In Massachusetts, it's not surprising to observe a plethora of black-capped chickadees flitting about in the tangled underbrush. Chickadees are, after all, the official state bird and have been since ...
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