Sometimes it’s the little miracles we remember the most. For nearly 20 years we’ve had house wrens nesting at Mt. Hoo, so it became routine each spring knowing there was activity in 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 ...

Birds don't waste much time getting down to the business of nesting each spring. I've observed baby rob-ins and bluebirds that are already out of the nest. At home, I have nest boxes occupied by ...

Who knew that birds engage in time-sharing? John Russell, who lives east of Bloomington, sent me photographic evidence. “For countless years, we have had a pair of house wrens set up their household ...

We recorded the population growth of two mite species, Dermanyssus hirundinis and Androlaelaps casalis, during the nesting cycle of an Illinois population of House Wrens in 1993-94. We tested two ...

The house wrens that chose our yard for nesting this spring furnished a bungalow. In early July, for their second nest, they pushed and pulled sticks into what has to be considered a mansion. The ...

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 ...

Just about now, local neighborhoods are being graced by another sign of spring: a long, bubbly, churring song. Full of enthusiasm and eager to attract a mate, the male house wren arrives in early ...

Back in May my backyard pulsed with the songs of more than a dozen species of birds defending their newly established territories. Now mornings are quiet and still. Except for house wrens and American ...

Coincidentally, on the same day, I was weeding in the front yard when I saw a robin eyeing me warily from a nearby branch and squawking angrily. I thought a chick might be hiding nearby when I ...

Sometimes it’s the little miracles we remember the most. For nearly 20 years we’ve had house wrens nesting at Mt. Hoo, so it became routine each spring knowing there was activity in the house wren ...