The wren, meanwhile, continued his rounds, moving from nest box to nest box, laying claim to them all. A female wren, if one ...

Imagine wandering through a sunlit forest, your eyes catching a flash of color or a curious structure nestled in the branches. Is it a bird’s nest—or is it something more? Across the globe, birds have ...

A marsh wren, a rare winter visitor in the region, was reported in Indiana Township for the Audubon Christmas Bird Count on Saturday.

Wrens are little brown birds that can easily be distinguished from most other birds by observing their high energy, upright tail, loud chatter and bold behavior.

Marsh wrens sound more musical and garbled. Sedge wrens used to be classified as short-billed marsh wrens, but that was changed to sedge wren due to the habitat it prefers.

Now in its 26th year, the Horicon Marsh Bird Festival is designed to connect people of all skill levels to something that they all have in common amongst them: birds.

Names that describe the bird (e.g., Spotted Sandpiper, Red-breasted Nuthatch), its habitat (e.g., Marsh Wren, Pinyon Jay), its range (e.g. Eastern Wood-Pewee, Mexican Chickadee), or something else ...

House wrens are another common local wren and less common but still possible are canyon and marsh wrens. The rock wren has a stubby pale brown body that is sparrow-sized and whitish below.

Male marsh wrens claim territories in cattail and bulrush marshes, and build multiple nests, weaving a sort of hollow ball attached to the vegetation.

Birds that were a south Florida specialty are turning up in New Jersey, following the northward spread of warmer water temperatures.

Bird-watchers might see sedge wren, marsh wren, Henslow’s sparrow, American bittern and several types of rail birds. Visitors to the wetlands may also see Nelson’s sparrow and large flocks of ...