I have been watching Carolina Wrens from the time I knew anything about birds. I remember seeing them when I was young.

I enjoy watching all birds and learning new things, or just being amazed at feather patterns – even in the most common birds.

I know birds have tongues, but never thought much about the wren’s tongue until I prepared these photos, I took a few days ago.

I Googled songbird tongues and read this: Not all birds have extremely specialized tongues.

Songbirds generally just have triangular, although they may have some small spikes or hairs to help them hold onto insects.

Then, while working on these pictures, I noticed the stripes on the wrens under tail.

How did I not notice that before?

I guess that is why we do birdwatching. To learn new things. 🙂