They picked out the real estate and are decorating the nursery. Carolina wrens, having chosen a hollowed gourd just outside my window, tag team now with beaks full of dried leaves to insulate their ...

Cold weather like we’ve had in recent weeks rarely deters early cavity-nesting birds. I already have a Carolina wren nest with four eggs about to hatch and several complete bluebird clutches. Nesting ...

A ceramic bird jar is attached to a wall beneath an overhanging roof to provide a trouble-free nest sites for Carolina wrens. (Photo: Special to the News Sentinel) It's a good idea to provide a few ...

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 ...

Cold weather like we’ve had in recent weeks rarely deters early cavity-nesting birds. I already have a Carolina wren nest with four eggs about to hatch and several complete bluebird clutches. Nesting ...

Carolina wrens are as festive now, during the twilight of summer nesting, as they were at the dawn of spring breeding. The diminutive wren shows up in neighborhood yards, flitting around flowerpots, ...

As colder weather approaches, I often get questions about winter roosting boxes. Many cavity-nesting birds roost (that is, sleep) in natural cavities, nest boxes, or specially designed roosting boxes.

Not everyone wants birdhouses. Even without houses there are still plenty of ways to help birds nest successfully in your yard. Species regularly nesting in houses - eastern bluebirds, tufted titmice, ...