To begin with, Marjory, I’m sorry to hear about your little bluebirds. The adults will likely re-nest, but it’s still no fun to find dead baby birds. I’m also sorry if I spelled your name wrong. After ...

Insects make up 97 percent of a house wren’s diet Entice them with a bird house Clean out the bird house in spring My friend extols the virtues of house wrens for one’s garden. Please explain. Your ...

This week’s featured creature is a rather dull looking little brown bird that passes through the Ada area during spring and fall migration. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology reports that 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 ...

A house wren engages in its throaty song. Will it be able to attract a mate before summer is over? (John Kelly/The Washington Post) Perspective by John Kelly I’m worried that the wren in my backyard ...

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 ...

Dear Bird Folks, I have a couple of birdhouses that I haven't gotten around to putting up yet and now a friend tells me that it is too late to put them out. It's only mid-June and the good weather ...

A house wren surveys John Kelly's backyard. A pair of the birds are preparing to lay a second clutch of eggs in a birdhouse there. (John Kelly/The Washington Post) Perspective by John Kelly I’ve ...

Coincidentally, on the same day, I was weeding in the front yard when I saw a robin eyeing me warily from a nearby branch and squawking angrily. I thought a chick might be hiding nearby when I ...