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Carolina and winter wrens warm watchers’ hearts Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X ...

This winter I WILL locate a winter wren.That’s my plan, anyway, with one of my goals for the year being to find some of the Boulder County birds that I have never seen.The boreal owl, which l… ...

Despite its name, the Carolina wren is one of the three species that nest in New England. Their loud, cheery "tea-kettle, tea-kettle, tea-kettle" song can be heard anytime of the day or year.

Winter wrens do not nest here. Instead, they are northward bound for Manitoba, where they occur in old growth forests, which cover the province pretty much from Winnipeg northward.

Of these, our favorite is the winter wren. In late fall and winter, the little bird’s presence is announced by abrasive “chirrrs” or harsh “tik-tik-tik” call notes.

House wrens take readily to nest boxes, so it’s an easy matter to establish them in your soundscape. ... Proportionate to size, a winter wren has 10 times the vocal strength of a crowing rooster.

The winter wren is only 4 inches long with a 6-inch wingspan and weighs just 9 grams. The winter wren sometimes roosts in bird boxes; 31 roosted in a single box in Washington one autumn.

In July 1859 he notes: “Begin to hear the sharp, brisk dittle-ittle-ittle of the wren amid the grass and reeds, generally invisible.” “Invisible” is a striking word, for me, because my ...