Did you know that South Carolina has its own designated state bird? The Carolina Wren, ideally named for its new position with the state, was designated as the official state bird for South Carolina ...

Did you know that South Carolina has its own designated state bird? The Carolina Wren, ideally named for its new position with the state, was designated as the official state bird for South Carolina ...

As near as I can tell, the small, plump bird that showed up under my feeders in early November was hundreds of miles from home. The bird had a pouter pigeon shape and warm cinnamon-colored feathers, ...

ONE RECENT morning while eating breakfast, I noticed a bird at the feeder that looked slightly different than the chickadees and goldfinches and titmice and other regular “little brown jobbers.” A ...

For the last few weeks, just before sunrise — if it is not cold or rainy — I wake to the lovely song of a Carolina wren, sweet, loud and constantly changing from one tune to another with some melodic ...

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2023 was the warmest year ever recorded. I remember it being hot in the summertime, but I think the effect of this heat was most ...

In late morning on a bitterly cold day this week, with the outside temperature at 26 degrees, I heard the unmistakable “teakettle, teakettle” song of a Carolina wren from somewhere in my yard in ...

In Massachusetts, it's not surprising to observe a plethora of black-capped chickadees flitting about in the tangled underbrush. Chickadees are, after all, the official state bird and have been since ...

NC Cooperative Extension Area Natural Resources Agent for the Brunswick, Pender, and New Hanover Counties Every spring, I look forward to the return birdsong resounding through the trees in my ...

Q: This winter for the first time I've had a red-bellied woodpecker coming to my feeders. I'm hoping she might find a mate and nest nearby in the spring, since I love having more varieties of ...