Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) By Carl Wilms When I first became acquainted with the Common Yellowthroat (banding code: COYE), I thought its name was a terrible mistake. There is nothing common about the male’s striking plumage and his delightful vocal display during breeding season. He perches atop a stalk of...
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) by Alex Forsythe If someone asked you to “describe the color yellow”, how would you describe it??? My engineering and science friends may say, “Doesn’t everyone know that “yellow” is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength between 564 and 590 nanometers?” (Yeah…sure…we know that already…) Some...
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) by April Raver “Just a bunch of butterbutts!” When I first began birding several years ago, I took a trip up to Jasper Pulaski to see the Sandhill Cranes in the fall. As I walked down the path through the trees towards the viewing platform,...
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) by Philip English I'm always on the lookout for something I didn't already know. How about you? Did you know that House Wrens keep pets of their own? I didn't either, but while recently perusing Cornell University's great bird knowledge site, allaboutbirds.org I learned that...
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) by Philip English The State bird of South Carolina, and with its voice being one of the great, most-beloved, harbingers of spring, Thryothorus ludovicianus or Carolina Wren (with the 4-letter alpha-code assignment of CARW) continues on year-round in Indiana. A small, active bird of lovely, brown...
Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) by Philip English The Winter Wren is a complex bird. Of all wrens found today in America, Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) or, WIWR (as he is known by his species alpha-code) is most closely related to Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) who continues as the sole wren...
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