One of the reasons I am so fond of the Carolina Wren, and haven't been able to show in previous posts is that erect tail of his! He is quite charming, and the following description from birdnature.com explains why he is such an endearing little creature, and also so hard to capture: "The flight of the Carolina Wren are short flappings of the wings and accompanied by violent jerks of the tail and body. In this manner the Carolina Wren moves from log to log, fence-rail to fence-rail, up and down among low branches of bushes and piles of wood. It's tail is almost constantly erect and before it starts to make the flight or leap, it uses a quick motion, which brings its body almost into contact with the object on which it stands, and then springs from its legs. The quickness of the motions of this active little bird is fully equal to that of the mouse. Like the mouse, it appears in and out of sight in a moment, peeps into a crevice, passes rapidly through it, and shews itself at a different place the next instant." They prefer to hunt at ground level and it's very unusual to see them up high and drinking from the bird bath like this, but we had an unusually warm 90 degree day last week, and many birds took advantage of the available water supply. Thank you very kindly for your views and comments.