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Carolina Wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus
33.9412, -84.2135
Field Notes
Description:
The Carolina Wren is a small but chunky bird with a round body and a long tail that it often cocks upward. The head is large with very little neck, and the distinctive bill marks it as a wren: long, slender, and downcurved.
Habitat:
In summer it can seem that every patch of woods in the eastern United States rings with the rolling song of the Carolina Wren. This shy bird can be hard to see, but it delivers an amazing number of decibels for its size. Follow its teakettle-teakettle! and other piercing exclamations through backyard or forest, and you may be rewarded with glimpses of this bird's rich cinnamon plumage, white eyebrow stripe, and long, upward-cocked tail.
Notes:
This one got in thru an unscreened window of our apartment in Georgia and it was docile enough to let us pick him up and take him outside. It took a long time before he flew away. I had time to go grab my camera and take these pix. He was safe in my husband's hands.
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