Tag Archives: Carolina wren

An hour past sunrise. The downpour...

By Dave Bonta | Published May 1, 2012 at 11:11 am

An hour past sunrise. The downpour past, a Carolina wren and a common yellowthroat both sing in fast waltz time.

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The Carolina wren goes from querulous...

By Dave Bonta | Published April 11, 2012 at 10:17 am

The Carolina wren goes from querulous chirps to full-throated denunciations from the top of the dead cherry tree. But the snow continues.

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Snow blows sideways and rises from...

By Dave Bonta | Published February 25, 2012 at 11:30 am

Snow blows sideways and rises from the ground in snaky spirals. A Carolina wren dances on top of the stone wall like a wind-up toy.

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Rain has erased the last patches of...

By Dave Bonta | Published February 24, 2012 at 11:42 am

Rain has erased the last patches of snow. The lilac bush gives birth to a cardinal, a wren, four white-crowned sparrows and a chipmunk.

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A wren sits grooming itself in the...

By Dave Bonta | Published January 8, 2012 at 11:56 am

A wren sits grooming itself in the sun on the peak of the springhouse roof, fluffing out its breast feathers, probing under its wings.

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The Carolina wrens are all worked up...

By Dave Bonta | Published December 23, 2011 at 10:14 am

The Carolina wrens are all worked up about something. One of them lands on the porch railing and harrangues me, bobbing like an angry toy.

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A pair of Carolina wrens—one...

By Dave Bonta | Published December 18, 2011 at 10:34 am

A pair of Carolina wrens—one in the lilac, the other in the dead cherry—flit from branch to branch, tasting the new-fallen snow.

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Another warm morning. A Carolina wren...

By Dave Bonta | Published November 26, 2011 at 9:45 am

Another warm morning. A Carolina wren pops out of the bridal wreath bush like a rabbit from a magician’s hat and ascends the lilac, singing.

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A Carolina wren breaks the silence,...

By Dave Bonta | Published November 6, 2011 at 9:57 am

A Carolina wren breaks the silence, bobbing up and down on the peak of the springhouse roof: one side frosty, the other steaming in the sun.

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A pair of Carolina wrens call back...

By Dave Bonta | Published October 4, 2011 at 8:48 am

A pair of Carolina wrens call back and forth across the yard, the female responding to each exuberant outpouring with the same terse note.

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