Coastal cactus wrens might be in trouble, but they’re also picky. For two years, the birds, whose populations are crashing on the Orange County coast, ignored the artificial nest platforms erected to ...

Charismatic cactus wrens are once again thriving in a nature preserve near Laguna Beach, their whirring, rattling calls ending years of silence for the species. The wrens were transplanted, complete ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The bald eagle officially became the U.S. national bird after a Christmas Eve proclamation signed by President Joe Biden only ...

The other morning, I had just scattered seed for the quail and other ground-feeding birds and filled their watering dish. Amongst the usual finches, quail, thrashers and chickadees, I noticed a bird ...

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 ...

Cactus wrens are nosy creatures. They will freely fly into an open garage or open car window just to see what morsel of food might be found there. They always seem to be in a hurry, as well as a ...