A Wren

It has been a while since we have seen, and even longer since either of us have photographed a Carolina Wren. We saw this one while we were hiking at Charleston Falls Preserve this week. Such a unique looking birds I am always excited when I get to photograph one.

I think many people often call small birds wrens when in fact they are wraplers or other species. This is a real wren. 😬

~ Rick

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A Chickadee Fact

We saw a number of Carolina Chickadee’s while hiking last week. Teresa captured the 3rd photo .. I think the lighting made it look yellow. Such a beautiful bird.

A cool fact about the Chickadee’s ability to regulate body temperature:

Carolina chickadee on a branch Carolina chickadees are able to lower their body temperatures to induce an intentional state of hypothermia called torpor. They do this to conserve energy during extremely cold winters. In extremely cold weather conditions they look for cavities where they can hide in and spend up to fifteen hours at a time in torpor; during this time they are awake but unresponsive; they should not be picked up and handled at this time, as the stress of being held may cause their death. Wikipedia

churr-churr-churr

It seems that every year about this time I start to see more woodpeckers. I have seen several Red-bellied Woodpecker this week. They are far more common than some of their cousins.

I read this on Wikipedia .. it is certaily ture:

Red-bellied woodpeckers are noisy birds, and have many varied calls. Calls have been described as sounding like churr-churr-churr or thrraa-thrraa-thrraa with an alternating br-r-r-r-t sound. Males tend to call and drum more frequently than females, but both sexes call. The drum sounds like 6 taps. Often, these woodpeckers "drum" to attract mates. They tap on hollow trees, and even on aluminum roofs, metal guttering and transformer boxes in urban environments, to communicate with potential partners. Babies have a high-pitched begging call of pree-pree-pree. They will continue to give a begging call whenever they see their parents for a while after fledging. Wikipedia.

Have a great week.

~ Rick

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An Upright Nuthatch

Normally, when I photography a White-breasted Nuthatch it is climbing on the side of a tree, often sideways or upside-down. . This is a great photo of a Nuthatch. ❤️

Update: I was thinking Nuthatch because I saw a few of them at this same spot, but this is not a Nuthatch. It is a Tufted Titmouse. I guess that is he is upright :). I will not change the title, but will acknowledge Dyna Edwards for catching this. Thank you, Dyna.

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A Stealthy Robin

Teresa photographed this American Robin. The Robin’s were very active this week. I love this photo. This Robin seems to believe she is out of our view, but as you can see, we had no problem capturing a couple of photos.

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