There’s something special about Minnesota’s wrens. In total, we have four species of wrens that make their seasonal homes here. Wren songs, especially that of the male house wren, are ...

James Crews wrote about a winter wren who made her nest in his tractor. The poem asks, "What fills any of us with care enough to say yes to this difficult world?" ...

THE WREN Lionel Kelleway goes ... one of the few birds which can be heard singing in mid-winter. As Lionel discovers, ... Wrens build nests in holes, and in thickets, where they are well protected.

Rock wren (credit Digby Shaw) 26 September 2024. New data shows numbers of rock wren/pīwauwau/tuke, Aotearoa New Zealand’s only true alpine bird, are increasing where predators are controlled ...

In about 15 wren species, multiple nests are built within a male’s territory, occasionally by both male and female, but often built mainly by the male (no data available for six of these species).

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 ...

My favorite bird is the winter wren, which is just this tiny little bird that's less than an ounce. Really, it's one of our smallest birds. And it just looks like a little brown ball.

During the breeding season, Carolina wrens work together to build a nest and incubate eggs, but they do not necessarily roost together. During the winter, however, unlike many birds that go their ...

It’s even possible to install a wren guard on certain styles of nest boxes, though ours are not among them. I might need to replace all my chickadee boxes next year, and move them to new places ...

I have not heard the house wren singing since the day he arrived. He may have kept flying north. Even so, I won’t be checking the chickadee nest again.