National Audubon Society

10 Fun Facts About the Northern House Wren

In 2024, scientists split the House Wren into seven species. Of the bunch, six can only be found in the tropics, but the ...
Berkshire Eagle

Birds' nests can be found just about anywhere in June

Along the road the birds’ nests may be well hidden, but near the house, not so. Phoebes are back on the front door lintel; tree swallows are in the bird boxes we put up; barn swallows are in the barn ...
Columbus Dispatch

Here's what to expect when attracting house wrens to your yard

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 ...
Columbus Dispatch

Tiny bird, big voice: Carolina wren sings a distinctive tune

It is only early March, with Old Man Winter still looming large in the rearview mirror. But the birds speak – literally – of spring. Ever-lengthening daylight hours trigger our earliest songbirds to ...
CNN

A tiny songbird, a massive landfill and a glimmer of hope

More than 60% of all grassland habitats in North America have been lost, according to the 2019 North American Grassland and Birds Report by the National Audubon Society. Much of it is due to ...
Grand Forks Herald

Mike Jacobs Always in Season: An impish bird, the winter wren occurs in our neck of the woods

The winter wren is a misnamed bird, at least in our neck of the woods. Here, this bird is a spring wren phenomenon. The Red River Valley is pretty well established as a northward migration route for ...