Dull in appearance but notable for its effervescent song, the house wren is a common summer inhabitant of scrublands and woodland edges throughout much of North America. Variation in plumage and ...

Joel Chandler Harris lived at The Wren’s Nest from 1881 to his death in 1908. The house was so named after wrens nested in the mailbox 120 years ago; wrens still find it a preferable nesting ...