This week’s featured creature is a rather dull looking little brown bird that passes through the Ada area during spring and fall migration. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology reports that the house wren ...

While many birds curtail, so to speak, their nesting efforts during the summer, the house wren does not. They just keep going. Let's take a closer look at this clamorous, nonstop nester. This ...

Despite its name, the house wren is unlikely to be found around your house – especially during its highly energized breeding season, when males are furiously building nests, challenging rivals and ...

Birds are singing from pre-dawn to post-dusk in a heady mixture of trills, chirps, whistles and buzzes. Our inner ears are primed for our favorite birds: "Oh, there's an oriole," or "Hey, that's 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 nest ...

"To a house wren, almost any other nesting bird in its territory threatens competition," wrote John East-man in his book, "Birds of Forest, Yard and Thicket." Eastman, a wildlife biologist and ...

Each morning as I walk up the driveway to fetch the Winston-Salem Journal, I am greeted by a cheerful song. Lots of birds are vocal at this time of day: towhees, song sparrows, cardinals, and of ...

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 ...

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 ...