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When Carolina Wren Chicks Fledge

By Mia McPherson|April 28th, 2025|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Carolina Wrens, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, Carolina Wren, chick, chicks, clinging, cloudy, eye, fledge, fledgling, garden, immature, juvenile, keeping, ladder, low light, old, parent, perched, pine tree, spring, suburban, Thryothorus ludovicianus, tree, trunk, wooden, wren, wrens, yard, young|

Yesterday it was cloudy, so we didn’t head to the refuge, and that turned out great because during the morning, in low light, the Carolina Wren chicks fledged!

Young Red-bellied Woodpecker With An Adult Close Up

By Mia McPherson|June 17th, 2023|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, close up, feeder, fledgling, immature, male, Melanerpes carolinus, parent, portrait, Red-bellied Woodpecker, spring, urban, woodpecker, woodpeckers, yard, young|

Today I'm sharing a close up photo of a young Red-bellied Woodpecker with an adult taken in my good friend Steve Creek's yard at a feeder.