The big excitement in our yard is that a pair of house wrens has set up house in our bluebird nest box. Vic and I got the nest box from Friends of Shipley Nature Center last year, but I put it up too ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Early this spring, I hung a small bird box from a pergola rafter ten feet from my kitchen window. I had high hopes that either Carolina chickadees or house wrens (both are cavity-nesters) would ...

You will usually hear them before you see them. House wrens are small birds, but they are a great addition to almost any garden. I’m standing in my garden watching a tiny brownish bird streak from the ...

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 ...

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 ...