the carolina wren is a small species of songbird found in the eastern half of north america. wrens feed off of insects, small lizards, and seeds. mates typically do not stay together for life, but for several years, during which time they stake out a territory and raise their broods in the summer.
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i often see this picture spread around with it captioned to imply the blue bird is photobombing or otherwise not supposed to be there. these birds are actually all the same species! this is the superb fairywren. the brown birds are either females or juveniles, and the bright blue bird is a male. most likely, nobody really wanted or needed to know that, but it made me happy when i found out it was actually one big family photo!
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