Wren
noun
A very small, brown bird that has a short tail, often found in Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
We saw a wren hopping around the garden this morning.
Often appears as...
- house wren
- wren's nest
noun
A very small, brown bird that has a short tail, often found in Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
We saw a wren hopping around the garden this morning.
Often appears as...
- house wren
- wren's nest
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Pro Tip 1/3Species Variation
Wrens vary by species, and some have unique names like 'house wren'.
I spotted a Carolina wren, not a house wren, in my backyard.
Pro Tip 2/3Habitat Recognition
Wrens can inhabit diverse environments, including gardens, woodlands, and marshes.
The wren we saw was thriving in the marshland's dense reeds.
Pro Tip 3/3Distinctive Sounds
Wrens are known for their loud, complex songs, which can be helpful to identify them.
Despite its size, the wren's song dominated the morning chorus.
Pro Tip 1/3Species Variation
Wrens vary by species, and some have unique names like 'house wren'.
I spotted a Carolina wren, not a house wren, in my backyard.
Pro Tip 2/3Habitat Recognition
Wrens can inhabit diverse environments, including gardens, woodlands, and marshes.
The wren we saw was thriving in the marshland's dense reeds.
Pro Tip 3/3Distinctive Sounds
Wrens are known for their loud, complex songs, which can be helpful to identify them.
Despite its size, the wren's song dominated the morning chorus.
Pro Tip 1/3Species Variation
Wrens vary by species, and some have unique names like 'house wren'.
I spotted a Carolina wren, not a house wren, in my backyard.
Pro Tip 2/3Habitat Recognition
Wrens can inhabit diverse environments, including gardens, woodlands, and marshes.
The wren we saw was thriving in the marshland's dense reeds.
Pro Tip 3/3Distinctive Sounds
Wrens are known for their loud, complex songs, which can be helpful to identify them.
Despite its size, the wren's song dominated the morning chorus.
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Video examples
Would you raise the bird...
imparting a unique note that its chicks use as a kind of password. When a cuckoo is in the wren’s nest, it hatches first and pushes the others out. But, perhaps because it hatched sooner, the cuckoo chick wasn't able to learn the password,
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Birds Feast on Bee Swarm...
Gila woodpeckers nest in holes they've drilled in the trunks of giant cacti. Cactus wrens and thrashers like to build their nests among as many spines as possible to protect their chicks.
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LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
law into their own hands position themselves on the roof they are also armed with 12 the wrens here have prepared to protect themselves against
Video examples
Would you raise the bird...
imparting a unique note that its chicks use as a kind of password. When a cuckoo is in the wren’s nest, it hatches first and pushes the others out. But, perhaps because it hatched sooner, the cuckoo chick wasn't able to learn the password,
Video examples
Birds Feast on Bee Swarm...
Gila woodpeckers nest in holes they've drilled in the trunks of giant cacti. Cactus wrens and thrashers like to build their nests among as many spines as possible to protect their chicks.
Video examples
LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
law into their own hands position themselves on the roof they are also armed with 12 the wrens here have prepared to protect themselves against
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Quote examples
Emily Dickinson
American Poet
I had no portrait, now, but am small, like the wren; and my hair is bold, like the chestnut bur; and my eyes, like the sherry in the glass, that the guest leaves.
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Edward Lear
English Artist
There was an old man with a beard, who said: 'It is just as I feared! Two owls and a hen, four larks and a wren have all built their nests in my beard.
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John Dryden
English Poet
Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.
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William Henry Hudson
British Author
You cannot fly like an eagle with the wings of a wren.
Quote examples
Emily Dickinson
American Poet
I had no portrait, now, but am small, like the wren; and my hair is bold, like the chestnut bur; and my eyes, like the sherry in the glass, that the guest leaves.
Quote examples
Edward Lear
English Artist
There was an old man with a beard, who said: 'It is just as I feared! Two owls and a hen, four larks and a wren have all built their nests in my beard.
Quote examples
John Dryden
English Poet
Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.
Quote examples
William Henry Hudson
British Author
You cannot fly like an eagle with the wings of a wren.
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