carolina wren

I was trying to coax in a singing Canyon Wren from the Rio Frio cliffs when this curious Carolina Wren came in to view instead. They are common throughout the southern and eastern US reaching their westernmost outpost here in the Texas hill country with occasional vagrants to New Mexico and...

Got lucky and captured this with great timing. They were waiting for Mamma to feed them.

A bird that makes his home here! He is a loud singer and carries a great posture. He has nested in my wife's plants on the front porch. He is the first thing I hear in the morning like clockwork, he is the alarm that wakes you up.

This Carolina Wren does a Marilyn Monroe imitation as it struggles to hold on......

OK, gather up the usual suspects. I see this species quite often, but they always seem to be full of personality.

Carolina Wren in Michaux State Forest

Thanks to KC Foggin and Nutcracker for helping me ID this bird. I like them very much, but I still have not seen a bird I don't love. I am trying to put out different feeds to see if I attract new species. In the meantime, this is not a bad picture! Greetings to all who post in this forum.

But it sure looks more like pure bliss ;)

Taken the same day as the one I posted 2 days ago

She even chased one of its kiddies off ;)

I pished this bird in and it lighted on a branch close to me and I quick snapped a shot at it. I took the photo when the sun was starting to go down so the background color is totally natural.

This wren lit on these briers for a couple of seconds and a took a quick snap at it.