The winter wren is a little brown bird with a very big song. It's a demitasse of a bird, weighing less than half an ounce.

Carolina wren’s winter song boosts spirit The Carolina wren, like this one in Decatur, sings year-round, even in the dead of winter when most other birds are silent. (Courtesy of Charles Seabrook) ...

The call of the Carolina wren Of the early bird singers, perhaps the most conspicuous is the Carolina wren. The male who has laid claim to my yard is busy making himself known to all of late. For ...

The small brown bird, a house wren, was continually singing from a tree near where I was sitting. Was it mad at me for invading its home? Was it calling for a mate? Why do birds sing, anyway? The ...

The House Wren is a familiar and lively neighborhood bird with a rich bubbling song, subtly patterned brown plumage, and a ...

The wren also sings an incredible repertoire of varied songs and utters calls with raspy notes, screeches, chirps and chits. Behaviors such as flitting the tail and uttering raspy sounds often ...

Learn more about the house wren, a bird that is dull in appearance but notable for its effervescent song.

Dear Bird Folks, Recently, I heard what I thought were both a Tufted Titmouse and a Carolina Wren singing nearby. Then I discovered the sounds were coming from two different mockingbirds instead.

(fairy wren singing) Just as male song is used in competition with other males, female song seems to be in competition with other females. But why didn't we hear her before now?

In 1953, famed naturalist Roger Tory Peterson, who originated the field guide series bearing his name, took his British colleague, James Fisher, on a 30,000-mile tour of North America.