While the northern flicker continued to sing loudly overhead, the Merlin app showed that there were two other birds nearby. Bird photography requires a lot of patience. Thryothorus ludovicianus is the scientific name for the Carolina Wren, a small bird species native to the southeastern United States. Carolina Wrens are quite vocal. They have a loud call for such a tiny bird. I heard the Carolina Wren calling from a branch.
A shallow slow-moving stream meanders through the vegetation. The stream has a substrate composed of various sizes of sedimentary rocks, which range from pebbles and gravel to larger sizes. The stream has small fish and insects that provide food for the birds.
Carolina Wrens are primarily insectivorous, meaning they mainly eat insects. Their diet includes beetles, caterpillars, spiders, ants, and other small invertebrates that they find in the leaf litter and among shrubs and trees. They forage for food and build their nests in the dense vegetation, including shrubs, bushes, and thickets.
