Wrens

October 9, 2025

The other day I saw a pair of what I thought were Carolina wrens on the terrace. But looking at the Sibley guide now, I'm leaning more toward house wrens, because of their slenderness and color (grayish/brownish on top and somewhat dull yellow on belly and sides). The Merlin bird app has suggested Carolina wrens a number of times from their calls, and I think I've seen them on the hillside in front of the terrace, but I think these were different. So maybe both are here. Or maybe the other ones I've seen are song sparrows, which are of a similar size and stoutness. I'm not good at identifying birds yet. Anyway, they were around and under the asters in front of the older peach tree. When I came up, they went to the large pokeweed.

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