All populations brownish above, paler gray-brown or gray below ... and usually darker. Winter and house wrens further distinguished by differences in song, call, timing of migration, microhabitat ...

Sunrise comes early this time of year. Its gentle fingers reach out while most of us are still wrapped in the warm blanket of deep sleep. A small bird is one of the first to respond to these early ...

Carolina wrens have slightly more reddish plumage than northern house wrens. These stocky birds have a white eye stripe, bright rusty-brown plumage and beige below. They measure about 5 3/4 inches ...