Expert: Julia Booth - 12/8/2009

Question
My inside cat recently got out and caught a bird and carried it in the house alive.  I took it and put it outside, after taking some pictures, it was fine and flew off after recovering for a few minutes.  I was just so curious as to what it was.  I haev tried and tried to look it up.  First off I live in Georgia very near to Lawrenceville which is about an hour from Atlanta. My yard is heavily wooded and covered in leaves at the moment.  it was rather small in size(about like a tennis ball maybe a slight bit smaller in my hand).  It was all different shades of brown the wings having a slight hint of striping. i have attached a picture of it's head but it is rather large so I apologize for that.  i don't know how to make it smaller!  I hope you can satisfy my curiosity.  I do have another picture of the body if you need it.  thank you!
-Joy

Answer
Sounds like a wren to me. They tend to eat on the ground and move vertically along tree trunks, making them easy prey for cats.

I'm not seeing a picture here. You can email it to me directly, if you're having trouble attaching it.

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