Coastal cactus wrens might be in trouble, but they’re also picky. For two years, the birds, whose populations are crashing on the Orange County coast, ignored the artificial nest platforms erected to ...

Coastal cactus wrens might be in trouble, but they’re also picky. For two years, the birds, whose populations are crashing on the Orange County coast, ignored the artificial nest platforms erected to ...

Lately I have been a “peeping Tom” in a nearby eco-reserve, monitoring the breeding behavior of coastal cactus wrens, a bird whose population is in steep decline throughout Southern California. The ...

You’re reading the Food Scene newsletter, Helen Rosner’s guide to what, where, and how to eat. Sign up to receive it in your inbox. The chef duo Samuel Clonts and Raymond Trinh first worked together ...

Watch for birds perching on cacti, such as along the five-mile Cactus Forest Loop Trail on the east side of the park. You may see long-tailed cactus wrens, which stand on top of cacti to get a view of ...

It was a game of cat and mouse, and this cat was not about to win. I was chasing a cactus wren through a prickly patch of cholla with high hopes of getting a good photo. But the wren just kept darting ...