Saturday, September 18, 2010
Bird boarder
I have a little nighttime boarder that sleeps in the same corner of my front porch awning pretty often - probably about half the time I think to check, he's there. For a while, I didn't know what was staying there - I just noticed that something would fly away when I came home at night. I assumed it was a bat or something. But then one night when I came home I was quiet enough to not scare it away and discovered it was this bird. Any expert birders out there know what it is and why it prefers my porch awning at night? I got a good look at its face one time when it turned around and looked at me before flying away. It had a longish (maybe ~3/4 inch) thin beak. I'm not much of a bird person, but it sure is cute! I took these pictures last night, and I just checked now - sure enough, there it is, all settled in for the night!
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It almost looks like a baby red-tailed hawk.
Sandra, I'm pretty sure it's a Carolina wren. Noisy little guys during the day, and they like roosting in little nooks like this one at night! If you get a better look at them, they are reddish brown and have a white stripe through the eye, plus a little tail that sticks up in the back.
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