A tale of two familes ...

What do you do on yet another rainy late afternoon when everyone is totally stir crazy? You go out to the backyard and stomp in puddles! Then go and look at the raging brook, and come back and stomp some more! Meanwhile, on the backporch...

Mr. Carolina Wren and his beloved mate, are working hard at feeding their younglings! Today we heard them creeling for food for the first time. Poor Mama and Papa have been diving and dashing about in the rain for 9 days trying to keep up with their brood. The nest is so far down in this planter, and the planter is hung so high, that seeing into the nest is very difficult, but I did see at least two young wrens the other day, via my mirror and flashlight!