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 ...

It was several years ago when a pair of Carolina wrens set up house in my garage, enticed by a pocket in the tool apron that hung on the wall. The garage doors are always open and welcoming, day or ...

When I hike the nearby tiny portion of the North Country Trail, now declared a national park, by the way, the two things I am always sure to carry are my cellphone and binoculars. The phone because it ...

Animal researchers have known for some time that different species of birds sometimes cooperate for mutual benefit in the wild, but a new study conducted by researchers from both the University of ...

For the last few weeks, just before sunrise — if it is not cold or rainy — I wake to the lovely song of a Carolina wren, sweet, loud and constantly changing from one tune to another with some melodic ...

Some birds get shortchanged with the names we assign to them. The house wren and house sparrow are on top of the list. We love our houses, but we don’t want to be identified with just a house. Car ads ...

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 ...