WINGSCAPES

They Grow Up So Fast!

One of the first and most frequent pieces of advice given to new parents is "Take lots of pictures because before you know it the little one (or ones) will be grown up and out of the house." This same piece of advice is also very much applicable to everyone who maintains a birdhouse - if you want to see the little ones before they're grown and gone, you need to take lots of pictures; or have a BirdCam.

Joan from Sturgeon Lake, Wisconsin, who uploaded this and three other images like it to the BirdCam Photo Gallery, notes that for years she has had wrens nesting in her birdhouse but unlike in years past, thanks to the BirdCam she got to see the young wrens before they left the nest this year.

Clever Wren

One of the benefits of having a Wingscapes BirdCam constantly watching your feeders is the amazing behaviors you can discover about the birds you thought you already knew pretty well.

Take this image of a Carolina Wren recently uploaded to the Wingscapes BirdCam Photo Gallery by our friend David from Cary, NC for example.

Carolina Wrens are not generally known to frequent hummingbird feeders of course; however this one has likely discovered them to be quick and easy sources for the tasty insects that are drawn to the sweet liquid contained inside.

Nice photo David – thanks!

Cactus Wren Makes the Life List!

Birdwatchers well know that as one’s life list gets longer, the time between additions to it lengthens as well. So we were delighted when Milton from Surprise, Arizona uploaded this image of a Cactus Wren that he recorded with his BirdCam to the photo gallery. It makes a superb addition to our Wingscapes BirdCam Life List.

Milton reports that the image was recorded this past January when a number of Cactus Wrens suddenly appeared. However since that time he has noted no further sightings of these boldly patterned, desert dwelling birds.

Thanks for the newest life list addition Milton!

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.

Nesting Bewick's Wrens from Kansas

Ruth from Olsburg, Kansas just sent us this great shot!

Thanks Ruth!

She writes:

This is the Bewick's Wren that lives west of Olsburg, KS. I took the photo with your wonderful camera on 21 May 2008.

Two Carolina's

Dan Haas has posted some interesting shots at his blog - Nervous Birds - and commented...
"If you are thinking about a gift for the birder, naturalist or photographer in your life, get the BIRDCAM...Get one. It's a hoot."

Thanks Dan. Here is one of his shots of a Carolina Chickadee and a Carolina Wren...

More from the Flycatcher

The Flycatcher sent along a few other images as well. Based on images sent into us here at Wingscapes, Floyd is HANDS DOWN the our favorite BirdCam photographer out there at the moment. Beautiful shots. Thanks.
Townsend's Warbler...

Bewick's Wren...

Dark-eyed Junco...



Red-breasted Nuthatch...