Carolina wrens built a nest in a plant on my front porch recently. Before the wrens could lay eggs I noticed a large speckled egg just outside the entrance hole to the wren nest, way too large an egg ...

It’s an odd sight; a small bird like a Carolina wren, song sparrow, house finch or Eastern phoebe is seen feeding a much larger begging bird. I have seen this a few times lately, and so have some of ...