WINGSCAPES

Not the North Carolina State Bird

While looking through the Wingscapes Photo Gallery today, we noticed that a number of new images had been added over the holidays. One from just this past December that particularly caught our attention was this picture of a Brown-headed Nuthatch and a Carolina Wren submitted by our good friend and Wingscapes BirdCam user David from North Carolina.

An interesting bit of trivia: while appropriately named to be the state bird of North Carolina, the Carolina Wren does not hold that distinction; that honor goes to the Northern Cardinal.

Bushtit Teamwork

It’s quite difficult to watch a flock of Bushtits descend upon a block of suet on a cold winter’s day and not think of all the old Warner Brothers cartoon scenes of a pack of mice on a hunk of cheese.

Quite communal by nature, Bushtits generally forage in small flocks. Even though they may spread out over a few dozen square yards at time, their habit of continually calling to one another keeps the entire group up to date on any discoveries of food or sightings of predators.