It is only early March, with Old Man Winter still looming large in the rearview mirror. But the birds speak – literally – of spring. Ever-lengthening daylight hours trigger our earliest songbirds to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Did you know that South Carolina has its own designated state bird? The Carolina Wren, ideally named for its new position with the ...

On these cool, late autumn days, when most birds have ceased singing and a hush has fallen over the landscape, the Carolina wren still enlivens our neighborhoods with vibrant, full-throated song.

The Carolina wren is a little bird with a big voice. A fixture in suburbia, the clear ringing "teakettle, teakettle, teakettle” song of this species attracts attention. The singer is adept at hiding, ...

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 ...

Carolina wrens sure know how to sing a lot of different songs. At least the males do; the females only chatter. Wren chatter does not qualify as true singing, but it's still very important. A male ...

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 ...