People often describe the house wren as plain because the bird has simple brown colors. But don't disregard these backyard guests. House wrens measure 4 3/4 inches long with a wingspan of 6 inches.

Across the desert regions of the southwestern United States southward into central Mexico, a feisty little bird thrives. The sight and scolding sounds of the cactus wren, Campylorhynchus ...

While Ohio birds such as the Baltimore oriole and scarlet tanager are large and colorful, the winter wren is so small and dark that it's sometimes difficult to find. It's one of our smallest birds ...

The cactus wren belts its little heart out while perched on the prickly plants common to Arizona where it reigns supreme as the official state bird. Known by its scientific name as Campylorhynchus ...

Crows sometimes feed their own young the young of other birds, just as house wrens protect the resources of their nesting territory by destroying other birds’ nests. This is the way of the ...