Sunrise comes early this time of year. Its gentle fingers reach out while most of us are still wrapped in the warm blanket of deep sleep. A small bird is one of the first to respond to these early ...

Migration: most birds in North America migratory. Major spring movement follows that of the winter wren; major fall movement precedes that of the Winter. Winter: generally as breeding, but with ...

Vocal and plumage variation in the Bewick’s wren is extensive ... buzzier. Songs of birds in the interior subspecies-group (ero­moph­ilus group) are simpler than those from the far West ...

Wrens are a tiny, rusty-brown bird, smaller than a blue tit ... straight, buzzing flight. A wren's song is very loud, high, and energetic — it cocks its tail when singing.

The cactus wren belts its little heart out while perched on the prickly plants common to Arizona where it reigns supreme as the official state bird. Known by its scientific name as Campylorhynchus ...

How about a Carolina wren? These birds were once unusual sightings for ... we would write down the time we saw it and the direction it was flying because they were that unusual,” Swaim said.