Hi Alicia,
After I posted i continued to search and found this JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sexual Size Dimorphism and Assortative Mating in Carolina Wrens
Thomas M. Haggerty
Journal of Field Ornithology
Vol. 77, No. 3 (Summer, 2006), pp. 259-265
It states clearly that: "Analysis revealed that males were
I have seen at least one of my usual two CAROLINA WRENS here by Cayuga Lake
today, while counting for the GBBC. Also, lots of other usual feeder birds,
including 5 PINE SISKINS, as well as a small raft of Aythyas - REDHEADS,
CANVASBACK, SCAUP SP, RINGNECKED DUCKS, plus COMMON MERGS., HERRING
A year or two ago, I put chicken wire around our double-caged
suet-feeder (suet cage inside a bigger feeder cage) to stop the
red-squirrel from sitting inside all day and excluding birds from the
suet. This frustrated the squirrel all right, and small birds could get
in and out. But I noticed
Hello Nari,
Nice post. And here's perhaps an explanation for your Goldfinches, maybe
they were just wondering what all the excitement was about. : )
From All About Birds
Goldfinches are among the strictest vegetarians in the bird world,
selecting an entirely vegetable diet and only
I can't resist sending along this short video of a Carolina Wren, who
taught me a valuable lesson this summer about earbirding with caution!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clzEw92JjsE
Best,
Jesse Ross
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 8:52 PM, Mark Miller mmiller...@rochester.rr.comwrote:
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Talking
He may very well be at your window. Around my house the window trim,
eaves and rafter tails are good places to find spiders, flies, and
other tasty items, and the Carolina Wrens are not shy about
investigating them.
-Geo
On Jul 22, 2011, at 8:50 AM, Nari Mistry wrote:
A Carolina Wren is
Nari -
Your story of your squirrel made me want to share my story -
Saturday(2nd day of bird count) morning I noticed the cardinals flying to my
big green metal feeder, then flying away without stopping for food. I
thought it must be empty, my son thought not. He went out with a bucket of
I was surprised this week to see a Carolina Wren had taken up residence
in my garage. It has the advantage of no door and only a few feet from
the feeders, good living.
Gary
bilba...@pop.lightlink.com wrote:
I have had at least one and perhaps 2 Carolina Wrens (I have heard two
singing back
