Berry and I were back home and it was Saturday afternoon. We played Petanque in the backyard, tossing colored balls at a jack. Then, we sat at the picnic table and relaxed, slowly preparing a cook-out for dinner. Chicken kebobs and grilled cabbage, delicious. We finished eating and Berry suddenly spotted a Carolina Wren (Thryothorus Ludovicianus), climbing in and out of the ivy on the side of a pine tree, next to our bocce ball court.
We admired the bird's rufus brown feathers. The Carolina Wren has a large beak. We can differentiate it from other wrens by the bright supercilium stripe just above its eye. It poked its beak under the leaves, searching for insects to eat.
Then Berry noticed a second Carolina Wren on the fence. It chirped its very distinctive call and scratched its rump with its own beak. We got a pair of binoculars and our Sibley's. We studied both wrens and thought how lucky we were, to have two...
Suddenly, a third Carolina Wren popped up on the fence with the second bird. We have three Carolina Wrens in our backyard. Amazing! There was one in the ivy, one on the fence singing, and another on the fence next to it. How lucky are we now.
Robert and Berry
Photo courtesy of dpancamo
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