Darkoshi

Every once in a while over the years, a bird takes to sleeping in the corner of my porch up near the ceiling where there's a slight ledge. They sleep facing into the corner so I usually only see their back along with their tail feathers hanging down over the ledge.

A bird has been there again the last several nights.

Today for the first time, there are *two* birds sleeping in the corner, cuddled up against each other! So cute. They both twisted their heads around to look when I opened the door and went out to check the mailbox.

It's hard to tell in the dark even with the porch light on, but I think they are probably Carolina Wrens or Brown Thrashers. They look fluffy though, so are probably fairly young.

Now I took some photos through the small window in the front door, and looking at the photos am pretty sure they must be Carolina Wrens. I was going to post the photos but on a whim (to see if that is what they really look like from behind), I did an image search for "carolina wren sleeping". The top search bar suggestion was "carolina wren sleeping on porch"! Those photos are much better than mine and even include other pairs of birds sleeping together too!

Based on this article: Carolina Wren mystery spots, I was wrong about their head position; they sleep with the head turned back, resting on their body. Re: the article title, I thought the mystery would be their choice of sleeping spots, not the spots on their back :)

But apparently it is very common for Carolina Wrens to sleep in corners. I wonder why it seems (mostly or only) to be Carolina Wrens that do that.

These dandelion heads growing in my yard looked like they'd make good brushes.

The bottles of red and green ink are practically ancient. A part of the ink had separated out into a thick semi-solid layer inside the bottles.