Can you tell who this is?
I laughed when I saw this photo. Is this attitude or what? A puff-ball with a scowl! This was one of a pair of
Carolina wrens that I spotted hanging out in trees near the feeder at the corner of the house a few days ago.
Cornell says this species mates for life and the pair stays on territory together year around in the southeast. "Loud" was another description offered, which is short but accurate for the "teakettle-teakettle" song the male belts out. And if I were going to add another it would be "persistent". One captive bird was reported to have sung 3000 songs in one day.
And did I mention sweet? Isn't the image below one of the sweetest?!
For the Love of It...
...the sage sees heaven reflected in Nature as in a mirror, and he pursues this Art, not for the sake of gold or silver, but for the love of the knowledge which it reveals.
Sendivogius (1750)
Yes, sweet wrens and beautifully captured.
ReplyDeleteI love the picture of the pair of them, and the lower one with his wings all spread!
ReplyDeleteMy favourite of these photos is of the Wren with its wings open. Is it making a fuss over something?
ReplyDeleteThanks, Tabib. I thought that blue sky in the background make the birds look so soft.
ReplyDeleteI liked that too, Monika. That lower flare is his tail. I had to study it at first to figure out what I was looking at!
Hi Bernie. I think it was just the general 'turn taking' for a closer perch near the feeder.
I've never seen a Carolina Wren but that one shot looks miffed!
ReplyDeleteWe have tiny House Wrens that nest in my yard every year. I'm delighted to hear their pretty song when they return in the spring but honestly? By the end of summer I've had my fill. It's a pretty song, but it's also LOUD and repeated non-stop!
Hi, Lynne. Yes! When they really get going, you sometimes wish for either a volume or an off switch!
ReplyDeletethese are wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThat first picture and your comment of "personality" is just great. I didn't realize how many strange poses birds had until I started taking lots of photos of them. IMO they very seldom look like the pictures in the books!
ReplyDeleteWhat little darlings they are! I love the flirtatious tail.
ReplyDeleteI've just been catching up on your little birdies, both photos and sketches.What a wealth of talent in your brush and material at your feeders.
I only have masses choral societies of screechig parrots!
Thanks, Gina.
ReplyDeleteMick, aren't the photos fun!? Not only do I laugh at some of them but I see so much about the bird that I otherwise would miss.
Hi Arija! Flirtatious is a good description. I loved the tail fan too.
ReplyDeleteSo sweet and I love the one with the tail fanned out! Wrens are some of my favorites. I have these darling little rock wrens hanging around my house right now!
ReplyDeleteI have seen house wrens and winter wrens but not carolina wrens. they are sweet.
ReplyDeleteThose are fantastic photos of a Carolina Wren. Watch out - they love being close to a home. I've found them inside my home TWICE :o)
ReplyDeleteI love them.