European folklore holds that the wren "is the king of all birds." This seems an odd choice, since the wren is among the smallest of birds. There are several versions of the story. Perhaps the most ...

For us, summer usually starts on Mother’s Day when our back-of-the-garage garden plot begins to take shape. Today we can see the first yellow flowers on our tomato plants and our peppers, zucchini and ...

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 ...