| 单词 | wren |
| 例句 | If he had realized this, he might not have classed it light-heartedly as a “Not-hawk”—that is, anything from a wren to a pheasant—and continued on his way up the slope. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When he stood up, she flew to his shoulder as a wren. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z For half an hour, Pax tried—he chased scurrying voles and hopping wrens, and once a sunning frog. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Over five weeks, Darwin collected carcasses of finches, mockingbirds, blackbirds, grosbeaks, wrens, albatrosses, iguanas, and an array of sea and land plants. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The fragments of the glass marbles that she saw looked like the remains of eggshells one finds beneath trees in springtime: like empty, broken robin’s eggs, or even more delicate—wren’s eggs, perhaps. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z It seemed that he drove twice a week to all the local beauty parlors and barbershops, collecting their sweepings and arranging them, strand by strand, as carefully as a wren. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z In the early spring of 1837, Gould told Darwin that the assorted varieties of wrens, warblers, blackbirds, and “Gross-beaks” that Darwin had sent him were not assorted or various at all. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Not the meek peep of a wren chick. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The ephemeral bloom of a sego lily peeks from the toe of a ninety-foot stone arch, and canyon wrens call back and forth in plaintive tones from a thatch of scrub oak. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside an alder bush, just ahead of him, a family of wrens was darting and hopping about, their tails sticking upwards like Indian head-dress feathers. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z There was nothing except the keening wind and the rasping call of a cactus wren somewhere in the rocks. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Squirrels and Carolina wrens hopped as close as they dared and drank from the puddles, and you could almost see the blades of brown grass lift themselves up and turn green. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a shame, too, because all Lourdes ever sees in Brooklyn is dull little wrens or those filthy pigeons. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z A Carolina wren called from the magnolia trees, and full light came into the day. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Tiny wrens and sparrows hopped around the yard and fluttered up to the bird feeder on the fencepost. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z And yet there was such color and sound, such life: wren men with their caged birds, dream men blowing colored dust, children with their shoe harps making music just by running. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The bush went still, the brown feathers of the wrens merging with the branches. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “I think she’s more like a young wren,” said Mr. Little. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Finally, five months later a blue jay appeared and a wren.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “I love it when they’re all singing,” he said, smiling and scanning branches where wrens and juncos darted. A Boxed Set for the Birds Hopes to Save Them, Too 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z On the trail, only an insistent canyon wren and breezes in the cottonwoods broke an enfolding silence. At Bears Ears in Utah, Heated Politics and Precious Ruins 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z You're hopeless at birds:can't get wren into your head – too tiny, you try to tell me:it comes out as rain or ring. Poem of the week: Dragon Talk by Fleur Adcock 2010-10-20T12:52:00Z Why is the mute swan singing?Why is the wren so bold?Why are the wild geese stayingAnd the spider weaving gold? Carols for Christmas 2010-12-18T00:07:31Z When the Dragon changes "wren" into "rain" or "ring", Adcock momentarily turns it into a poet. Poem of the week: Dragon Talk by Fleur Adcock 2010-10-20T12:52:00Z The cascading call of a canyon wren echoes hauntingly throughout the chasm. A river guide lays out the dos and don’ts of rafting etiquette 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z A bee, butterfly, ladybird, wren and robin all appear on the invite's border to symbolize the beginning of spring and Charles's dedication to sustainability. God Save the King: Here are 6 things we learned from King Charles’ coronation invitation 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z There was only the sound of bike tires on asphalt, the river’s murmur, the cascading song of a canyon wren and that beginning-of-the-world smell of river mud in the blue morning. A Bicycle Tour Through Remote Southwest Canyon Country 2010-07-31T04:30:00Z But the most beguiling movements were those dedicated to birds, including thrushes, doves, canyon wrens, owls and a memorably virtuosic “Cadenza of the Mockingbird.” Review: ‘Canticles of the Holy Wind’ Summons the Elements at the Met 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z To my surprise, it was a bird, a robin or wren—I’m not sure. My Prison Cell: A Visit from an Outsider 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z A birdhouse is loose and needs securing before the wrens show up, which might be any day now. Spring is nearly here. Have you finished your winter chores? 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z The Carolina wren now is all over the Northeast. Jane Alexander's Bird-Watching Tips 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Birds with striking plumage usually have horrible voices and it is the dull brown birds that sing beautifully – contrast the magpie with the wren. Gerald Finzi: the quiet man of British classical music 2011-01-27T23:41:00Z The cavities that woodpeckers create and later abandon provide living space for other creatures — birds such as titmice, nuthatches and wrens, but also for flying squirrels, Mason said. The percussive appeal of the woodpecker 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Summer's back, but outside the window thrushes, wrens and blue tits are gorging on rowan berries. Tolstoy's great estate 2010-11-20T00:07:00Z If you think of a bird, you may think of a wren, but a penguin is also very much a bird—it just doesn’t share all the characteristics of a stereotypical bird, like flying. Should plant-based proteins be called “meat”? 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z We entered Mescalero Canyon, where the shadows of circling turkey vultures moved across high rock walls and the descending, melancholy song of the canyon wren echoed overhead. In Texas’s Hueco Tanks State Park, the native art really rocks Stuart runs away to find his adored wren. ‘Stuart Little’ gets a larger-than-life stage adaptation at Adventure Theatre MTC He marvels at the wren's "monumental song" – produced by "a bird the size of a ping pong ball". A Hundred Doors by Michael Longley 2011-03-20T00:02:02Z Known as the king of the birds in many traditions, the wren was, historically, only hunted on this day. This week's new events 2012-12-22T00:05:40Z A volunteer chorus of finches and wrens emerges to perform at sunset with the settled-in ease of a house band. Review | Wolf Trap celebrates 50 years of arts in the wild — so what’s another rainstorm? 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z “Here is a bird of beautiful plumage among all of us little gray wrens.” Books of The Times: ‘Lady Bird Johnson: An Oral History,’ by Michael L. Gillette 2013-01-08T15:00:00Z Their large balls are necessary because they are both inclined to form partnerships with female wrens and be highly promiscuous at the same time. Sex secrets of the animal kingdom exposed 2011-02-05T00:05:27Z Some lines have the almost hallucinatory exactness of his best poems: “The black wren this morning on my windowsill: a charred pear.” ‘On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous’ Captures a Young Immigrant’s Troubles and Ecstasies 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z The most delightful piece in the book involves a tug-of-war between the writer and a wren that insists on building a nest above his door. Review | Can poetry both challenge and uplift? Four new collections show us how. 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Capturing this could transform a fairly ordinary picture of an Exmoor pony or a singing wren into a truly wonderful image. Northern exposures: how to take a perfect winter wildlife photograph 2010-12-02T10:52:00Z There, the Polish National Ballet unspooled a flickering, disquieting view of humanity, with dancers as light and fleet as wrens but burdened with unnameable psychic ills. Polish National Ballet’s uplifting humanity 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z Nicolas Cage, who had captured a wren Put the poor little bird in a pen, But he felt so contrite As it chirped through the night, And they never saw Nic cage again. Style Invitational Week 1280: A la‘ugh’ a minute with our ‘air quotes’ contest 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z In total, we paddled five hours that day covering seven and a half miles and saw no one else, not even a toothy crocodile, just cranes, hawks, wrens and other birdlife. Want to See the Wild Side of Cuba? Try a Kayak 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z Entrance holes enlarged by undesirable species can be fixed using metal plates sized for smaller birds, such as wrens and chickadees. Coneflower options abound. A recent trial sought to find the best ones. 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z Like those little wrens, they peck away at what others might dismiss as crumbs of their existence. Forget story, plot and character. Filmmaker Jem Cohen’s ‘Counting’ is an experimental marvel. 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z The ice in my glass of bourbon has not yet melted and Carolina wrens are cheeping both a challenge and a welcome. How the Bible Divided, and United, Allan Gurganus and His Father 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z I would have sprayed them with organic copper spray, but at the critical time for this, wrens were raising a brood in the birdhouse on the arbor. Birds, chipmunks, snakes, insects: At some point, the gardener feels like an intruder 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z A former poet laureate of Alaska, he revels in the natural: river otters and Arctic char, sedge wrens and yellow warblers, witch hazel and the wolves of Denali. Books Of the Times: Five Poets Seasoned by Life 2011-05-29T22:06:07Z Granted, you and 9,999 other worms are honored guests each week at a banquet given by cardinals, wrens, nuthatches, and brown thrashers at Wing Haven Gardens and Bird Sanctuary. Beauty Takes Flight 2011-03-03T20:50:12.373Z She showed me images of a wren nesting in a gourd, a tree frog ensconced in an orchid basket, a goldfinch taking nesting material she put out and a hummingbird supping from a canna flower. Converting a suburban yard into a wildlife oasis, one plant at a time 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z Alpine Snow-Peaked Mountain Birdhouse Made from renewable eucalyptus wood with a teakwood finish, this handsome home for wrens and chickadees has a small entrance to keep larger birds out. Gifts for home and garden | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z As the environment warms, southern species such as the grass wren and the northern cardinal spread further north in search of a suitable climate. Bird species changing faster than expected in protected areas 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Nick Kanakis of the US snapped this picture of a grey-breasted wood wren – a bird that spends most of its time on the ground. 2022 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z There are rock wrens, nighthawks, mourning doves and lark buntings. North American grassland birds in peril, spurring all-out effort to save birds and their habitat 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z Flocks of birds are settling in — swallows, wrens, ducks, egrets, chattering red-winged blackbirds. A Vast Lake Has Captivated California Where Farms Stood a Year Ago 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z In spring, the tree erupts with a dawn chorus of migrating birds and, in summer, the tiny Carolina wren belts out its glorious song. Giving Thanks for a Beloved Sugar Maple 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z Witko also recommends suet cages, which are good for attracting nuthatches, woodpeckers and Carolina wrens. Experts share their favorite backyard bird feeders 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z I’m worried that the wren in my backyard may not have game. Perspective | The birds and the bees can be tough for some birds 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z More than 30 species of warblers have been spotted in Monticello Park, along with orioles, finches, wrens, flycatchers, owls and raptors. Perspective | Alexandria’s tiny Monticello Park gains a big honor 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z We have seen a wren commuting back and forth to the other house, so we are hoping there is also a nest in there. Perspective | The drama and delight of nature in a suburban yard 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z Secondary excavators like chickadees and wrens will move in next. Living with wildlife: Turn your yard into a welcoming habitat for animals and insects | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z One of the greatest friends the wrens, robins and chickadees of Washington ever had was the author of a book with the wonderful title “Birds Through an Opera-Glass.” Perspective | Remembering Florence Merriam Bailey, the bird woman of Washington 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z “House wrens are also wonderful singers, one of my absolute favorites. So song is probably important to the female as well.” Perspective | The birds and the bees can be tough for some birds 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z But myriad tracks in the soft sand reveal the complex relationships of its native species: kangaroo rats, cactus wrens and an array of predators including great horned owls, coyotes and rattlesnakes. Can a fragile rat survive the loopholes in endangered species protections? 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z In the yard of my rental, I have built multiple garden boxes, seeded them with native flora and scattered log piles among them for the fence lizards and wrens. Bird Feeders Are Good for Some Species—But Possibly Bad for Others 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z "Look at this gap, it's ideal for a wren to nest. There is hope for the woods because there is natural regeneration. Over there we've got some hazel coming through, a bit of ash." How 8 million trees were brought down in one winter 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z This wren is a relative of the Pacific wren, and is more adapted to urban environments like Seattle. 3 birds to listen for this weekend as Seattle area enjoys ‘false spring’ 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z That wren is still dutifully trilling his love song. Perspective | The birds and the bees can be tough for some birds 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z The large swaths of park not fragmented by trails also allow space for wildlife to flourish, especially species such as winter wrens that forage in the shrubs and understory. In praise of winter buds 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z A marsh wren trilled in the distance as Jerabek pondered the future. A river of secrets: How the battle over Reservation Ranch summoned a violent past 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z This gray-brown wren with a long white eyebrow is still doing a bit of singing, though you may only hear two or three songs, possibly truncated or immature in form. What Seattle-area birders can listen for in fall: fewer songs, more warnings 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z These wrens live in dense bamboo on the slopes of the Andes. The Neuroscience of Taking Turns in a Conversation 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z Male wrens build two or three nests in hopes of gaining a female’s approval. Perspective | The birds and the bees can be tough for some birds 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z Paul Stancliffe told the BBC: "They are very rare, so rare... There are an average of 75 sightings a year - and when you think there are 11 million wrens in Britain." Bee-eater bird photographed on Scilly's St Mary's 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z Although the houses are designed for bluebirds, they also provide nesting spots for tree swallows and house wrens. Natural areas can be found on Heartland College campus 2021-04-03T04:00:00Z All around the yard the downy woodpeckers and the Carolina wrens and the tufted titmice are traveling from branch to branch, two by two. Opinion | I Will Not Rest Until This Garden Grows 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z The researchers specifically cited species such as the Sumatran rhino, the Clarion island wren, the Espanola Giant Tortoise and the Harlequin frog as examples that are particularly vulnerable to going extinct. Animals and plants are going extinct at an 'unprecedented rate,' shocking study says 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z In Europe, the cuckoo, blackcap, wren and chiffchaff fly up the list. Lockdown yields first global sound map of spring dawn chorus 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z The wrens in my birdhouse apparently arrived about two weeks ago. Perspective | A birdhouse provides an opportunity to see nature up close. It’s not always pretty. 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z The feisty little wren chirping loudly in the matted ivy outside my back door is telling us something important about global climate change. Can Covid-19 crisis spur a green recovery? 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z We have a pair of dunnock, two robins and at least one wren. Wildlife through the window: what readers have spotted during lockdown 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z The wren is amazingly loud for its size, producing a high-pitched, trilling song. Name that song - it's the perfect time to learn to identify birds 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z “There’s a Carolina wren in those dead river birches,” she said as we walked the course. Perspective | This Rockville golf course is full of birdies — the feathered kind 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z All was going as planned until a few days ago, when some house sparrows and a woodpecker began pestering the wrens — perching on their house, blocking their entrance. Perspective | A birdhouse provides an opportunity to see nature up close. It’s not always pretty. 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z Her father now regularly sees Carolina wrens, the state bird of South Carolina, near his home on New York’s Long Island, she said. Two-thirds of U.S. birds face extinction due to climate-linked 'emergency': Audubon 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z The wren is usually in the hedge away from the house but it conveniently paraded across the patio and over the boulders around the upper pond – hence the close up photographs. Wildlife through the window: what readers have spotted during lockdown 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Someone help me find an animal Who will rescue me from Being a solitary And more like my friends the wrens In an evergreen shrub: to be clear Would be wonderful. Fanny Howe Makes Sense of Beginnings and Endings 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z The scientists identified wrens, sparrows, and even doves in the gullets of all 41 sharks, totaling 11 different species, none of which were marine, they report today in Ecology. Forget seabirds. Baby tiger sharks feast on songbirds in the Gulf of Mexico 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z “Later that day we were shocked and saddened to find the wren on the ground dead under his house,” she wrote. Perspective | A birdhouse provides an opportunity to see nature up close. It’s not always pretty. 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z I thought of getting one of those plastic owls and sticking it outside, but I realized it might scare away the birds we do like to attract: the cardinals, titmice, finches and wrens. Perspective | When it comes to highfalutin euphemisms, it’s the war of the words 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z I’ve never been able to tell the difference between a warbler and a wren, and I never was compelled to try. Perspective | I never meant to be a birder. But the birds didn’t give me any choice. 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z The paper looked at about a dozen songbird species, including the American robin, red-faced warbler, and other arboreal species, as well as ground-dwelling birds like the house wren and white-breasted nuthatch. Birds That Leave Nest Too Late Can Endanger Their Families 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z And in 1948, the Carolina wren became the official bird, as it lives statewide and its song “may be heard the year-round, day and night, in all kinds of weather,” the Statehouse’s manual reads. Official ‘picnic cuisine’ among dozens of S Carolina symbols 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z House wrens are among the best singers, but they are hardly more popular than house sparrows. Perspective | A birdhouse provides an opportunity to see nature up close. It’s not always pretty. 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z The scientists also reversed the scenario, dropping host eggs from wrens, mockingbirds, and blackbirds onto cowbird eggs. Cowbird eggshells could double as deadly weapons 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z Proper boxes attract other desirable native species, including wrens and swallows. Perspective | The feathers are flying in the battle between bluebirds and their killers 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z Birds that nest on or near the ground, like the house wren, push their young to leave early. Birds That Leave Nest Too Late Can Endanger Their Families 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z Macfarlane’s poems and Morris’s illustrations counter that loss of knowledge by helping children to identify plants and animals, from acorn to wren. Where the wild tales are: how stories teach kids to nurture nature 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z On the altar, I placed a framed photo of Namir and Saeed, as well as small candles and little wooden blue wrens that represented their souls. Return to Ward 17: Making peace with lost comrades 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z The Carolina wren and the white-throated sparrow sang over the baseline hum of New York Avenue’s rush hour. ‘It’s so still’: A winter solstice filled with peace at the National Arboretum 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z They admired cardinals, fat and fluffy little wrens, and cheered when they saw a herring gull. On a frosty morning, an annual census of the city’s birds 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z More than 100,000 women joined Britain's armed forces during the Great War, serving as, among other roles, pilots, wrens in the Royal Navy and ambulance drivers. No kidding... Mum's Army to be called up? 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z The great differences between the wings of vultures, albatross and wrens or crows underpin the ecology and behaviour of these animals. Meet Junornis: the tiny Cretaceous bird which reveals the earliest form of bounding flight 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z Mealworm seedcake, for example, is designed to attract bluebirds, orioles, wrens, jays, chickadees and titmice. Passion for bird-watching led brothers to build a birdseed empire 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z Upstairs, the crafts room is populated with small felted friends - the first bear Pauline ever made, an inquisitive wren, a plump dormouse napping in a pretty china cup. Heartfelt art: Animal kingdom comes to life in unspun wool 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z “Most people chip and haul this away or burn it, but Pacific wren will hide in here.” Birds in the suburbs: Faced with urbanization, some beloved species thrive, some move out 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z Congresswoman Emily Taft Douglas, an Illinois Democrat, had a “pinkly scrubbed face, grave blue eyes, fluffy brown hair and the appeal of a Jenny wren.” Here’s how fashion designers imagine a woman dressing when she’s in the Oval Office 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Sanctuary Cove is also home to many birds including turkey vultures, desert wrens, doves, Gambel’s quail, owls and hummingbirds. A still place in a turning world: Arizona desert retreat 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z Either way, you’ll be gliding silently on the water — one of the best ways to see shy wildlife such as marsh wrens and least bitterns. 15 unconventional ways to celebrate the National Park Service centennial 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Cactus wrens, curve-billed thrashers, black phoebes, Lucifer hummingbirds and greater roadrunners are among the year-round avian inhabitants. The essential guide to all 59 U.S. national parks 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z The suburbs are no love nest, at least not for two of the region’s most beloved songsters, the Pacific wren and Swainson’s thrush. Birds in the suburbs: Faced with urbanization, some beloved species thrive, some move out 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z Watch for marsh wren nests hanging from the cattails during the paddle up the creek. 6 choice flatwater trips near Spokane 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z Many species of sparrows, finches and wrens will also be accepted for testing. Illinois officials seeking dead birds for West Nile tracking 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z It is also fancied by some birds, including the wild turkey, American robin, Northern bobwhite, Eastern bluebird, mockingbird, white-throated sparrow, Carolina wren and European starling. What Poison Ivy Has Against Us 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z And what a glorious tally it is: Cooper’s hawks, warbling vireo, Bewick’s wren, spotted towhee, American goldfinch, flycatchers, three types of swallows, two varieties of chickadees, cedar waxwings, orange-crowned warbler, flickers and more. Birds flock to native forest restored at Discovery Park. But will it continue to mature? 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z The truck will pull a small trailer filled with more birdhouses, including wren houses with copper or cedar roofs that sell for $500 each. Custom cabinet maker finds new skill after car wreck 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z The number of wrens in Spain, for example, is in decline. Likewise, fewer robins are wintering in Louisiana and Mississippi, but more are showing up in the Dakotas. There’s a reason some birds don’t seem to fly south for winter anymore, scientists say 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Their velvety calls are a bass accompaniment to the revelry of red-winged blackbirds, Carolina wrens and cardinals as they welcome spring back to New York City. The Mourning Dove, a Melancholy Crooner 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z Site Manager Rich Thompson says suet - or raw beef fat - will attract woodpeckers, wrens, cardinals and other types of birds. Town Creek Indian Mound hosts bird-feeder building program 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z Davis's crew is quietly intent, and the air is filled with the gentle sound of trowels scraping earth, along with a rock wren's distinctive call. Fishing for the first Americans 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z Take tanagers and wrens, which mostly mate for life. Why Do Small Birds Have Sweeter Songs? 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z And European wrens are beating a trail from southern parts of Europe, also for chilly northern areas that in the past were uncomfortable, the study says. There’s a reason some birds don’t seem to fly south for winter anymore, scientists say 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z In 2004, Cornell scientists used an array of microphones and computers to track and separate the songs of four male banded wrens in Costa Rica. Why Birds Sound Like Morning People 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z While the goal is to attract bluebirds, other small, native species, such as house wrens, tree swallows and chickadees also might use the boxes. EXCHANGE: Welcome mat out for bluebirds at golf course 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z Authorities counted 38 dead golden eagles and 336 other dead protected birds, including hawks, blackbirds, larks, wrens and sparrows. PacifiCorp Energy pleads guilty in bird deaths 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z The sounds included white noise, a contact call of a winter wren, or a female fairy-wren’s incubation call. Fairy-wrens, like humans, learn as embryos 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z This year, tree swallows, chipping sparrows and wrens took over many of the houses. Wisconsin man builds houses for thousands of birds 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z The swallows don’t compete for food but may defend both boxes against wrens and non-native house sparrows. Volunteer’s dedication helps bring back bluebirds 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z The last fully authenticated records of living wrens in this area date from 1972. 10 Extinct Animals Lost to Planet Earth but Preserved in Photographs [Excerpt & Photo Essay] 2014-03-28T13:00:00Z “Ninety-nine percent are dead birds. Most of them are seagulls, pigeons, robins, wrens and loons.” An additional 60 birds were discovered in another home she shared with her husband. Over 300 dead birds discovered in animal rescuer’s home 2014-03-11T18:06:00Z The analysis also revealed that the spotted wren-babbler sat on its own branch and was not related to either wrens or wren-babblers. New bird family discovered in Asia 2014-03-05T01:40:16Z Roughly the same size as a wren, with white cheeks and a cinnamon cap, the bird was named the Cambodian tailorbird by the team that documented the discovery. New Species of Bird Is Found in an Unlikely Location in Cambodia 2013-06-27T00:03:59Z But it wasn't known that wren nestlings learned the passwords before hatching. Wrens Teach Eggs To Sing 2012-11-08T21:15:00.247Z A wren serving with the crew of a harbour launch, Portsmouth, 1941. In pictures: Cecil Beaton's war 2012-09-06T07:47:20Z The study, published in this month’s issue of Animal Behavior, shows that the resemblance between a nightingale wren's song and music is nothing more than a coincidence. Birdsong Not Music, After All 2012-08-15T22:50:40Z Cactus wren corpses found in mining claim markers in Nevada. Green Blog: Mine Markers Threaten Birds Out West 2012-04-26T11:43:30Z They are not so obstreperous as the wren, nor so shy as the lark and the robin. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z Now the wrens love to bathe above all things! Daddy's Bedtime Bird Stories 2012-04-21T02:00:27.490Z The wren that lived in a box outside our door had a neater establishment than ours, but, she was not a member of the state legislature. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z But the study has convinced him that nightingale wrens do not follow Western musical scales. Birdsong Not Music, After All 2012-08-15T22:50:40Z Robins and wrens, song-sparrows and snow birds, thrushes and larks vied with each other in joyful song. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z Thus, the blue wren is common about Nutbourne; and this bird, says Gould, is hardly surpassed by any of the feathered tribe, certainly by none but the humming-birds of America. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z But this day it was early in the morning, the snow-berry bush was covered with dew-drops and the wrens were delighted. Daddy's Bedtime Bird Stories 2012-04-21T02:00:27.490Z The family includes many species, some of which are called ant shrikes, ant thrushes, and ant wrens. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z To give birds a fair shot, he tested a species known for the beauty of its song: the nightingale wren, which resides in forests between northern Costa Rica and southern Mexico. Birdsong Not Music, After All 2012-08-15T22:50:40Z The wild flowers and the birds interested us deeply and every spring we joyfully noted the returning bluebirds and robins, the migrating wren and a number of other charming feathered friends. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z The sheep will fight for its lamb, the wren for its fledglings. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z "The winter wren is really with us during the summer too," said daddy. Daddy's Bedtime Bird Stories 2012-04-21T02:00:27.490Z The air for the wing of the sparrow, The bush for the robin and wren, But always the path that is narrow And straight for the children of men. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z From the young, full of eager aspirations after virtue and glory; with the glance of the falcon to descry the high-placed aim,—but ah! the wing of the wren to reach it! Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z A few wrens were the only living creatures we saw; not even an insect was found in our walk. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Taking the hint thus afforded, Linnaeus very soon after went farther, and, excluding the wrens, founded his genus Trochilus for the reception of such humming-birds as were known to him. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z And in the spring, when the tiny wrens are brought forth from their mossy nests, the first lesson they have is of bathing in some nearby brook. Daddy's Bedtime Bird Stories 2012-04-21T02:00:27.490Z I will sing to the tanfaced reapers With the wren in the heat of the sun, And my father will sing the scythe-song That joys for the harvest done. The Mountainy Singer 2012-02-20T03:00:20.273Z Look, where the youngest wren of nine comes. Twelfth Night or, What You Will 2012-02-18T03:00:14.920Z Its proper habit is to hide from observation "as if the wren taught it concealment." The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z A wren finding it built her nest between the wings, and in the body of her greatest enemy actually reared her family. The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z Now, the boys had noticed that one family of wrens had built a nest on the side of this same barn two summers. Daddy's Bedtime Bird Stories 2012-04-21T02:00:27.490Z The oriole has come to the orchard again, the wren to the grape arbor. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z Nor is there any difficulty for the smaller hedge-birds, least of all the wrens, who, like red-brown butterflies, flit in perfect safety to the roomy depths of the age-old "hedges." Cornwall 2012-01-20T03:00:16.790Z What a hurry the jenny wren makes—hoping I shall not see her dart into the low bush. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z As we ventured into the hills around Hastings on Hudson, Nicole was among the first to spot a Carolina wren, one of 83 seen during the day. Dot Earth Blog: Crowd-Sourced Science, 112 Years and Counting 2012-01-03T13:43:59Z The boys built a fine little house with great care and watched to see if the wrens would go to it. Daddy's Bedtime Bird Stories 2012-04-21T02:00:27.490Z So near to the peace of Heaven, That the hawk might nest with the wren, For there in the cool of the even God walked with the first of men. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z The American House Wren is larger than the European wren, being about five inches long. Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day 2011-12-16T03:00:11.660Z All through the long dark winter the wren and titlark sing cheerfully. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z Of course the little one-roomed cottages should have a number of small holes bored on the sides near the top to give the wrens plenty of fresh air. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z The boys were interested watching the wrens, and the wrens seemed perfectly happy. Daddy's Bedtime Bird Stories 2012-04-21T02:00:27.490Z The cruel custom of stoning a wren to death on S. Stephen’s Day, once generally prevalent, is well-known, and was an obvious endeavour after commemorative realism. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z The nest of the wren is built in any convenient cranny: an ivy-covered tree, the thatch of a barn or a warm scarecrow are all used by this featherless little bird. Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day 2011-12-16T03:00:11.660Z High on my hedge of bush and tree A blackbird sings his song to me, And far above my lin�d book I hear the voice of wren and rook. Etain the Beloved and Other Poems 2011-11-27T03:00:13.943Z From his restlessness alone you might know he is the cousin of the catbird and brown thrasher and is closely related to the wrens. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Making all allowance for the removal of the Penates of its late occupants, it is still obvious that these two luxurious wrens occupied but a small portion of this eagle's nest. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z He was smaller than a sparrow, but larger than a wren, and he sang so sweetly that neither lark nor nightingale nor blackbird, nay, nor siren even, was so grateful to the ear. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z The Carolina Wren frequents the undergrowth in thickets; he is the most nervously active of all the wrens. Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day 2011-12-16T03:00:11.660Z In winter wrens resort in numbers to old nests and to holes in walls for mutual warmth and shelter. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z It takes so kindly to the boxes we set up for martins, bluebirds and wrens that, where sparrows do not interfere, it now prefers them to the hollow trees, which once were its only shelter. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z A wren on a tree-stump carolled clear, Then the starlings wheeled in a sudden sheer, The rooks came home to the twiggy hive In the elm-tree tops which the winds do drive. Reynard the Fox 2011-11-20T03:00:13.153Z Captain Brown gives the following interesting description of a wren's music lesson. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z The habitation of the wren is not more secluded than that of some of our fellow-creatures. Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:31.283Z In the world of plain-tailed wrens, it appears that females always lead, singing a simple backbone melody that the males fill in with something more variable, like a guitar solo. Observatory: Andean Plain-Tailed Wrens Sing Duet as a Continuous Song 2011-11-07T23:05:38Z Hidden among the tall grasses and reeds along the creeks and rivers, lives the long-billed marsh wren, a nervous, active little creature that you know at a glance. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Plain-tailed wrens in Ecuador are famous for duets between males and females. Brains Built To Cooperate 2011-11-06T22:15:03.530Z Wilson also tells a very pretty story of a pair of wrens who built their nest upon a window sill, one of whom, the female, venturing to enter the room was devoured by a cat. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Like lovers in an opera, male and female plain-tailed wrens, small songbirds that live in the bamboo forests of Ecuador, sing elaborate, synchronous duets. Wrens' Brains Are Wired for Duets 2011-11-03T19:00:00Z While alone, a female wren practices her section of a duet at full volume. Observatory: Andean Plain-Tailed Wrens Sing Duet as a Continuous Song 2011-11-07T23:05:38Z In such meadows the short-billed marsh wren, a slightly smaller sprite, prefers to live. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Fledgling robins and bluebirds, orioles and wrens are meat and drink to him. The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle 2011-10-28T02:00:26.687Z In that chapter the song of the willow wren was mentioned incidentally. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z After recording the birds' duets in the wild, they anesthetized the wrens, putting them into a sleeplike state. Wrens' Brains Are Wired for Duets 2011-11-03T19:00:00Z The eggs and young of bluebirds and wrens may be protected by the use of nest boxes with circular openings 1½ inches or less in diameter. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z With this song on her lips, "He will not call again Unless he is asked," sat the little brown wren. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Likewise grosbeak, linnet, wren— And all the fairies joined "amen!" The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle 2011-10-28T02:00:26.687Z In the case of the willow wren it might be said off-hand that our pleasure is simply due to the fact that it is a melodious sound, associated in our minds with summer scenes. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z They recorded and analyzed more than 1000 of the wrens' songs, both while the birds performed duets and while males and females sang alone. Wrens' Brains Are Wired for Duets 2011-11-03T19:00:00Z Early some morning in April there will go off under your window that most delightful of all alarm-clocks—the tiny, friendly house wren, just returned from a long visit south. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Beware of a pair of nesting wrens in a box nailed against a piazza post: they beat any alarm clock for arousing the family at sunrise. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z The big yellow kiskadees woke me at daybreak; my bedroom wren sang his heart out as I splashed in my shower; and before breakfast was over I heard the honking of my host's car. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z It was not until some time afterwards that the bird-lover in a strange land discovered that his little talker and laugher among the leaves was the willow wren. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z They then inserted tiny wires the diameter of a human hair into the portion of the wrens' brains that governs song production. Wrens' Brains Are Wired for Duets 2011-11-03T19:00:00Z It is too small, and its breast is not streaked enough to be a song sparrow, neither are their songs alike; it has not the wren's peculiarities of bill and tail. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z The cuckoo glides through the air as easily as if he were floating down stream, whereas the thrasher's flight, like the wren's, is tilting, uneven, flapping, and often jerky. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z No matter how early I went out into the dawn, the wrens were always singing—though they were recent arrivals at Kalacoon. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z But it does not explain the individual and very special charm of this particular bird—what I have ventured to call the secret of the willow wren. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z But even this was sinful; for although birds are not very good arithmeticians, every one of them can count as far as the number of its eggs—even a partridge or a wren can. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z Good luck—and give my regards to the little wren.” The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z No bird, except the wren, is more cheerful than the chickadee, and his cheerfulness, fortunately, is just as "catching" as measels. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Behold your brothers turned to birds and made companions of snipes, woodpeckers, jays, owls, rooks, starlings, blackbirds, tom-tits, larks, kingfishers, wrens, and sparrows. Bluebeard 2011-09-19T02:00:13.657Z These in their turn will be followed by the chough, hobby, great black-backed gull, furze wren, crested tit, and others. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z The thrush, the linnet and the goldfinch, robin and the wren, Awake the Sun from his sweet reverie upon the mountains. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z "There is something mysterious about that wren, undoubtedly," sighed the first bird. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z What rent do the wrens pay for their little houses? Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z If I remember rightly, the golden wren’s are pure white. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z In Clark's Kennedy's Birds of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire we get a glimpse of the furze wren collecting business at an earlier date and nearer the metropolis. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z As she was wondering if it were a Piskey-purse, a tiny voice, no bigger than a wren’s, only far sweeter, came out of the purse, which so frightened the child that she nearly dropped it. The Piskey-Purse Legends and Tales of North Cornwall 2011-08-30T02:00:37.027Z Spite of all Hilda's blandishments and wiles, the little brown wren would never come near enough for her to handle him. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z It certainly pays, in every sense, to encourage wrens. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z There is also the golden-headed wren, the smallest of our British birds, but I do not remember ever having seen one kept in a cage. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z The wood wren was probably curious and nothing more; his keeping near me looked strange only because he at the same time appeared so wholly absorbed in his own music. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z The natural history of the long-billed marsh wren. The Breeding Birds of Kansas 2011-08-27T02:00:24.797Z "To-morrow, our friend, the little brown wren returns from his travels to the Spring of Life," said one of them. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z The noisy contents of a soap box: a family of house wrens. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z A woman stood upon the porch, looking up at a wren that was shooting in and out among the vines, chirping and fluttering till all the blossoms seemed alive. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z In almost all birds that have short, round wings, as we may see in our little wren, and in game birds, and the sparrow-hawk, and several others, the wing-beats are exceedingly rapid. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z His heart feels the poetry of nature in the "wren light rustling among the leaves and twigs," and in the train of ducks as, Darkly seen against the crimson sky, Their figure floats along. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z During the frost a blackbird had roosted in a corner of the hut under the rafters, sparrows too had sought its shelter, and wrens and blue-tits had crept into the crevices of the eaves. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The marsh wren's round cradle swung among the rushes. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Mrs. Parsons had made her way to a window, where the wren she had taken so much interest in was twittering joyously among the vine-leaves. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z At different hours of the day I was a visitor, and there I heard the first spring migrants on their arrival—chiff-chaff, willow wren, cuckoo, redstart, blackcap, white-throat. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z Perhaps these formed an attraction to the wren. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z At twenty yards they could hit the bull’s-eye, so that a sparrow, or even a wren, would not be safe; beyond that, errors crept in which Bevis could not correct. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z This little brown wren has the brightest of eyes And a foot of a very diminutive size. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z It chirped at times so that its companions could hear it, and was answered by them, as well as by the nuthatches, a tree creeper, some sparrows, and a winter wren. School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z On the last day of April I heard the song of the wood wren, and at once all the other notes ceased for a while to interest me. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z Spiders have filled the window with their webs, and to these every now and then during the day—there is no door to the summer-house—come a robin, a wren, and a flycatcher. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Alligators, wrens, cranes and other wildlife live in or near the retaining ponds. Judge's ruling extends Mosaic's Florida mine woes 2011-07-11T15:38:33Z She's demure, though she walks with a hop and a skip; And her voice—but a flute were more fit than a pen To tell of the voice of the little brown wren. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z I never saw these wrens away from the cattails. Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima 2011-06-01T02:00:28.030Z Starlings, sparrows, and chaffinches were the most numerous, while the blackbird, thrush, robin, hedge-sparrow and wren were each represented by a pair. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z Starlings often perched on the same iron slide, and sparrows continually; but only the robin and wren came inside. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Nov. 11.—Gold-crested wren and tom-tit on furze clinging to the very spikes, and apparently busy on the tiny green buds now showing thickly on the prickles. The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies 2011-05-27T02:00:19.437Z It is amusing to see a sparrow try to work his shoulders through the small hole of an empty wren house, pushing and kicking madly, but all in vain. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z The marsh wrens fed and nested in the cattails. Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima 2011-06-01T02:00:28.030Z The wrens lived in the wood-pile, and were the only members of the little feathered community that did not join the others at table when crumbs and scraps were thrown out. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z By this ruddy lamp upon its head the wren may be discovered hidden deep in the intricate mazes of the thorn bushes, where otherwise it would be difficult to find it. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z A wren’s weight would bow down your frame; French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Some people call him the mocking wren, but I think he never deliberately tries to imitate other birds. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Two pairs of Song Sparrows and less than six pairs of marsh wrens nested on the study area. Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima 2011-06-01T02:00:28.030Z To many persons the wood wren's note is a bird-sound and nothing more, and it may even surprise them to hear it called a song. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z In the thatch—under the eaves of the cellar, which are not more than four feet from the ground and come up to the ivy of the gable—the wren has a nest. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Now, my wren and my oreole, you are making some genuine music, if both of you together are not as big as one note of an organ. The Comstock Club 2011-05-18T02:00:16.367Z Not even the little house wren has adapted itself so quickly to civilised men's homes, as the swift and purple martin. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Does not the wren climb and glide up along a black bough, dripping in the sunshine, and chirp, warmly gilded with bright rays, his winter-solo? Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography 2011-05-14T02:00:08.440Z Wherever there are green perching-places, and small caterpillars, flies and aphides to feed upon, there you will see and hear the willow wren. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z This went on some time; then a wren came too; she likewise looked to see if anything edible could be found in the window first. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z He is heard half an hour before the thrush, and the chirp of the robin begins about the same length of time before that of the wren. St. Nicholas Vol. XIII, September, 1886, No. 11 An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-05-07T02:00:31.650Z And the song and story which that thoughtful priest put into the ritual, was the story of the wren. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:17.413Z "Urban adapters" including tits, crows and wrens all come from families of related species that have large brains compared to their bodies, a new study found. 7 days quiz 2011-04-28T23:38:39Z And yet Gilbert White over a century ago had noted the human quality in the willow wren's voice when he described it as an "easy, joyous, laughing note." Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z Besides the wrens, many other birds visit the wood-pile—sparrows are perpetually coming, and on the retired side towards the meadow the robins build their nests. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z "Urban adapters" including tits, crows, nuthatches and wrens all come from families of related species that have large brains compared to their bodies, a new study of 82 species of birds from 22 families. It's quiz time! 2011-04-28T23:54:29Z As well might the poor wren, that nestles there, Become enamoured of the mountain bird, As I fond thought of him might entertain. Joan of Arc A Play in Five Acts 2011-04-14T02:00:57.593Z Their differences are about like the imperceptible differences of a flock of wrens. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z There are two more common British songsters that produce much the same effect as the willow wren and blackbird; these are the swallow and pied wagtail. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z The golden-crested wren—smallest of the birds—scarcely ever leaves the shelter of the hedges and trees. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Their companions came up at intervals and plucked a feather from the wren's breast. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z It was their annual hunting of the wren. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z This is a good fly throughout a clear day, used as a dropper with the foregoing fly, and wren tail. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z To return to the subject of this paper: the wood wren—the secret of its charm. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z These wrens are usually in pairs; I have seldom seen one by itself. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Tommy Tear and Davy Cain had a long pole from shoulder to shoulder, and from this huge bracket a tiny bird—a wren—was suspended. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z Their brave companions gathered round and plucked a feather from the wren's breast now and again. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z First, the "Orange Wren," with orange mohair body, and wren tail hackle. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z Most warblers fly and sing hurriedly; the wood wren's motions, like its song, are slower, more leisurely, and more beautiful. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z With two men of such varying caliber and tastes, the “wren and eagle” as Shelley called them, thrown together under such trying circumstances, it could hardly have been otherwise. Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z It was the night before Christmas-eve, and they were "hunting the wren." She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z The nightingales stopped singing, and immediately finches, linnets, and wrens began to draw their sleepy little heads from under their moistened wings, shaking the dew from their feathers, and repeating in low voices, “Svit! svit!” Life and Death And Other Legends and Stories 2011-04-02T02:00:10.393Z They are fond of grouse hackle, wrens, browns, turf-coloured flies, amber, black, grey, &c., &c., with brown grouse wings. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z What, then, is the charm of the wood wren's song? Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z Wilson called the kinglets wrens, but they have little to justify the name, except their song, which is of the same continuous, gushing, lyrical character as that referred to above. Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z Adages respecting the robin and the wren, generally including the martin and swallow, are common in all parts of the country. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z Feral cats - also known as "alley cats" - wiped out the wren on New Zealand's Stephens Island in 1895 and today threaten bird species on the Hawaiian islands, according to the study. Suburban birds have deadly stalker: your cat 2011-03-15T01:53:02Z The flies to suit it are small blue duns, cochybonddus, small black hackles, orange duns, red hackles without wings, wren hackles, small grouse hackles, ash duns, willow flies, blue blows, &c. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z She had never heard of the wood wren, and when I pointed to the tree from which the sound came and she listened and heard, she turned away, evidently too disgusted to say anything. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z Here in early spring I go to hear the robins, cat-birds, blackbirds, wrens, etc. Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z The wren, being small, very cunningly hid itself under the wing of the eagle; and when that bird could fly no higher, the wren slipped from its hiding-place, and easily gained the victory. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z And yet he had seen her cry over a dead wren and flinch from the sight of his hunting-gun. Joscelyn Cheshire A Story of Revolutionary Days in the Carolinas 2011-03-10T03:00:48.177Z The legs may be also made of the wren's tail or woodcock hackle, this feather is found on the roots of the outside of the wings of the woodcock. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z And as the lark in its soaring song is of the sky, so the wood wren is of the wood. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z But they finally went away, and later in the season the wrens appeared, and after a little coquetting, were regularly installed in their old quarters and were as happy as only wrens can be. Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z A shallow, sweet, poor little nature, as incapable of appreciating your love as a wren or a ladybird! A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z Rather than lying low when a predatory butcherbird announces its presence, a male wren will step up and sing along in a sort of daredevil duet. Strange Ways of Wooing 2011-02-14T19:28:00Z Third, the "Green Wren," with green floss body, and wren tail for legs. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z Nevertheless, the fact remains that only since Burroughs' appreciation of the British song-birds first appeared, several years ago, the willow wren, which he found languishing in obscurity, has had many to praise it. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z You may know it is the song of a wren, from its gushing lyrical character: but you must needs look sharp to see the little minstrel, especially while in the act of singing. Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z See how soundly the delicate little wren and tender robin sleep under its full and immediate influence, and how fresh and vigorous and joyous they rise amid the surrounding dew-drops of the morning. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z Now, a Jenny wren lived on a branch below, And it's plain she was vain as ladies go, For she pinched her waist and she rouged a bit. A Lame Dog's Diary 2011-02-04T03:00:23.707Z Never tell a wren to turn off the faucet! Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z Perhaps the wood wren's turn will come by and by. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z It is quite destitute of the trills and the liquid, silvery, bubbling notes that characterize the wren’s; but there runs through it a round, richly modulated whistle, very sweet and very pleasing. Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z The sparrow-hawk, the house sparrow, the tree swallow, the bluebird, most species of wrens, and several of the smaller species of owls nest either in natural cavities in trees or in deserted woodpeckers’ holes. The Woodpeckers 2011-01-26T03:00:25.210Z The females became significantly more alert—looking to the sound or singing in response—after hearing the two calls together than they did if they heard just the wren. Male Bird Links Its Call To Deadly Enemy To Get Female Attention 2011-01-19T18:45:05.760Z Deal kindly by her, for she is as tender as the wren when it first quits the nest. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z The willow wren is one of the commonest and undoubtedly the most generally diffused of the British songsters. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z When the sun had set, she faded away fast: now she was as small as a young wren. Moonshine & Clover 2011-01-06T03:00:46.940Z In human history perhaps no relation has been more persistently repeated than that of the hawk and the wren. Through Nature to God 2010-12-24T03:00:36.410Z The scientists tested the response of female wrens by playing recorded bird calls. Male Bird Links Its Call To Deadly Enemy To Get Female Attention 2011-01-19T18:45:05.760Z Maybe some day I’ll settle down and be the domestic little wren you’d like to see me; but don’t you see, I’m so young—I don’t want to get married. God's Green Country A Novel of Canadian Rural Life 2010-12-21T22:55:55.287Z They were small sparrow-looking birds, having nests of a kidney-shape, hollow in the inside, which was reached by little circular entrances, something like the nests of the common wren. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z The Inca wren, a species found only in this valley and the surrounding region, fluttered about the pucker brush. Outdoors: One-of-a-Kind Birding in an Incan Hideaway 2010-08-24T19:50:00Z They prey on raccoons, rabbits, bobcats, house wrens, and white ibises. Burmese pythons prosper in Everglades, though chilly winter reduced their number 2010-05-18T04:00:00Z Then they played the trill of the wrens singing immediately after the butcherbirds. Male Bird Links Its Call To Deadly Enemy To Get Female Attention 2011-01-19T18:45:05.760Z I had always liked the mere fact of a ha'penny; the sweetly poetic touch of putting the jenny wren - the smallest British bird - on the smallest coin, the humble farthing. Funny money 2010-04-30T15:00:00Z The extraordinarily harsh recent weather is particularly bad for birds with small bodies like robins, long tailed-tits and wrens. 2010-01-28T01:07:00Z Now and again the small pheasant wren flitted by, lighting upon some delicate branch of tree or bush, with its long tail trailing behind it. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands The wren and the gowdspink were preening themselves and shaking off the dews that fell on their feathers as they fussed to and fro about their nesting business. Deep Moat Grange And so for both teens and wrens, a bit of fear might help a guy get the chick. Male Bird Links Its Call To Deadly Enemy To Get Female Attention 2011-01-19T18:45:05.760Z Who can hear the caroling even of the tiny wren without catching its exultant spirit? Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 She reminds me of a little drab-gray wren in horn-rimmed spectacles.” The Valiants of Virginia It invaded a wren's nest, heaping up its pollen, etc., amongst the eggs of the bird, till the parent bird was forced to desert the nest. Wild Bees, Wasps and Ants and Other Stinging Insects In England, in one corner of the piazza of a house, a swallow had erected her nest, while a wren occupied a box which was purposely hung in the centre. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom A robin chirped in a favourite tree in the yard; a wren chattered beneath, while some few solitary birds still continued to warble their notes among the leaves of the aspen. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact The first time I went to the wine shed both wrens and linnets were there, but nothing happened and I forgot about the original quarrel. A-Birding on a Bronco Cathy, through long experience, was much more clever at discovering them than I, and while she found three thrushes', a wren's, and two chaffinches', my efforts were only rewarded by a solitary hedge-sparrow's. The Fortunes of Philippa A School Story At the tip of the low cornice is a weatherbeaten bird house, a miniature Greek Parthenon, where the wrens built their nests. Hempfield A Novel The wren became unsettled in its habits, and formed a design of dislodging the swallow; and having made an attack, actually succeeded in driving her away. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom A robin chirped in a favourite tree in the yard; a wren chattered beneath, while some few solitary birds still continued to warble their notes among the leaves of the aspen. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact The egg was a linnet's, and the nest had been built right on top of the wren's. A-Birding on a Bronco "It seems somehow to stick up like a wren's." The Fortunes of Philippa A School Story He could tell you why the lark was hanged for treason; how the swan celebrated its own death; how the wren came to be king of the birds; and how the cuckoo swallowed its stepfather. Harper's Round Table, October 1, 1895 Impudence gets the better of modesty; and this exploit was no sooner performed, than the wren removed every part of the materials to her own box, with the most admirable dexterity. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom Here, too, the marsh wrens weave their oven-shaped nests and hang them among the banners of the iris. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road Such a stench came from the bag that I took out the upper nest and found the four little wrens dead in their crib. A-Birding on a Bronco A wren called above her head so fast and so scoldingly that she started in surprise, only to recognize an old friend. The Shadow He missed the bobolink, the seaside finch, and the marsh wren, but his woods and grounds abounded in other species. Camping & Tramping with Roosevelt A box fitted up in the window of a room where I slept, was taken possession of by a pair of wrens. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom ‘How easy to prove to him,’ I said, ‘that an eagle’s the game her pride prefers, though she stoops to a wren instead.’ Man and Maid Unless the old wrens had been dead, could the linnets have gotten possession? A-Birding on a Bronco So that he could say: 'Four owls and a hen, two larks and a wren, have all built their nests in my beard'? Carnival No sound was heard save the occasional twitter of the wren who was just brooding. Landolin And it's no good talking about making it like a wren's nest—silly little birds that never fight or anything! The Eagle's Nest The little sociable wrens, less timid and more friendly, build their nests by the very house door, and are not afraid to let you have a peep at their pretty housekeeping. Harper's Round Table, May 14, 1895 The wrens were usually able to hold their own in a discussion. A-Birding on a Bronco Once a pair of wrens made the mistake of building a nest in the sleeve of a workman's coat, which was called for at sundown, much to the consternation and discomfiture of the birds. My First Summer in the Sierra He became interested in a bird, not as large as the wren, of such peculiar grey plumage that it harmonized with the bark of the trees, and could scarcely be seen. The Book of Courage The wren's note reminded him of a slender box which always accompanied his wanderings, and which had come to light rolled in the jacket which he had given Frale as part of his disguise. The Mountain Girl She always strewed crumbs for the wrens, and they flew down to eat without fear. Lulu's Library, Volume II On the other hand, what could have killed the little wrens and left them in the nest? A-Birding on a Bronco "But I will take part in storming the camp fortress where the scoundrels hold captive the prettiest little bird--little gold-crested wren, no, little redbreast--in the land of the Alemanni." A Captive of the Roman Eagles Well, just as they were starting, the little rogue of a wren perched itself on the eagle’s tail. Folk-lore of Shakespeare And on this wooded mount, that oft, of yore, Hath echoed to the Lybian lion's roar, The ear scarce catches, from the shady glen, The small pipe of the solitary wren. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 "She will be a great deal of care," said the wren. Lulu's Library, Volume II On June 12 I wrote: "The wrens seem to have settled down to business." A-Birding on a Bronco A little brown wren, who was hopping along on the green moss that covered the floor of the great forest, heard him, and she told it to some one who afterward told it to me. The Adventures of Puss in Boots, Jr. ‘You lie,’ says the wren, darting up a perch and a half above the big fellow. Folk-lore of Shakespeare The wren said to the finch: 'There is no more friendship among us. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors The wolves of Cuan-wood get Neither rest nor sleep in their lair, The little wren cannot find Shelter in her nest on the slope of Lon. Ancient Irish Poetry Some of the twigs were ten inches long, regular broom handles in the bills of the short bobbing wrens. A-Birding on a Bronco "To tell you the truth, she wouldn't look very much like a wren if you dressed her like a goldfinch." The Adventures of Puss in Boots, Jr. At the present day there is no particular time for pursuing the wren; it is captured by boys alone, who keep up the old custom chiefly for amusement. Folk-lore of Shakespeare Very well—if you wish to hatch your seditious wren’s eggs tomorrow, if you wish to wake tomorrow at all, stay away from him. The Bright Shawl An active songster, a lively wren From the hazel-bough, Beautiful hooded birds, woodpeckers, A vast multitude! Ancient Irish Poetry Here a little brown wren had taken up her abode. A-Birding on a Bronco Every creature—wren or dragon—shall make its own lair. The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse Shakespeare has several references to the old superstitious belief in the transmigration of souls, traces of which may still be found in the reverence paid to the robin, the wren, and other birds. Folk-lore of Shakespeare The red-headed finch, larger than the European sparrow, pours forth a sweet and varied strain, in company with two species of wrens, a little before daylight. Wanderings in South America The dew of heaven in the azure shell of wrens' eggs—what boozers they are! The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres She came back to her sycamore while I was watching the wrens, and flew right up to the mouth of the nest. A-Birding on a Bronco The wrens built under the eaves of the porch, and above the windows, in sheltered places. The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in Besides these, before I get up I hear now a wren regularly. The Hills and the Vale There are fourteen species here; the largest the size of a magpie, the smallest no bigger than the wren. Wanderings in South America There is the giant, century-old desert cactus twisted and gnarled with age like the trees in Dante's Inferno, but with bird nests in the pillared trunks, where little wrens peck through the bark for water. Through Our Unknown Southwest The lower limbs offered perches where doves might come to rest, finches to chatter, and chewinks to sing; while its hanging boughs and elm-like feathered sides attracted wandering warblers and songful wrens. A-Birding on a Bronco He claimed that a wren, or one of the mischievous, pilfering birds of that group had carried the locket to its nest in the old windmill. Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp In the eaves the wrens make their nests in the spring, and roost there in winter. The Hills and the Vale The maam sends forth its plaintive note, the wren chants its evening song. Wanderings in South America They are, nevertheless, as cheerful and chipper as a couple of wrens; and she is up and down half a dozen times a day, to help poor Mrs. Owen. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings By peering through a crack in the boarding I could look down on the wren in the nosebag inside. A-Birding on a Bronco It is true that certain birds carry such glittering trifles to their nests and it is well known that wrens forage in old buildings and often build in windmills. Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp The nuthatches frequently pass the night in them, and the wrens and chickadees nest in them. A Year in the Fields "A wren," she whispered briefly, and in a moment I saw it. Upon The Tree-Tops A squirrel whisked his tail across the sill as he scurried in and out of the branches of the window-oak where a grosbeak and a wren chatted sociably. The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted The wrens were strongly individual and winning wherever they were met. A-Birding on a Bronco A poor little field wren has no business in the gilded nest of the golden eagle! Kidnapped at the Altar or, The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain The wren was decided to be the only bird with any chance of success, and he set out for the ch�teau. Legends & Romances of Brittany In less than a minute the air was filled with wren-baby chirps, and we seated ourselves to await the mother's return and witness the next act in the wren drama. Upon The Tree-Tops Twenty yards ahead a wren was perched on the topmost twig of a thorn-bush, chattering and scolding furiously. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts Three weeks later I discovered, to my great perplexity, that a pair of wrens had built in the bottom of the bag and had one egg in the nest. A-Birding on a Bronco I came forth from my mother’s agony, helpless as a wren, like other nurselings. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) This nice looking man with a beard, Remarked, "It's just as I feared; Four larks and a hen, two owls and a wren, Have all built their nests in my beard." Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 The morning after the absurd incident of a mouse-hunt, by the dog who in his character of protector was our daily companion, we started out afresh, with ears for nothing but wren songs. Upon The Tree-Tops Now, there is no bird which gives prompter warning of an intruder than the wren. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts But what with horses grazing under her windows and linnets making free with her nest, the poor wren was unsettled in her mind. A-Birding on a Bronco A canyon wren made the air sweet above him, while the morning sun began to wink and blink against the shadows which still lay against the face of the guardian cliffs. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 And oh, worse and worse, it was a wren. The Thirteen Little Black Pigs and Other Stories Making a wide d�tour to avoid the scene of yesterday's excitement, we were soon comfortably seated near the spot the wren seemed to haunt, and silence fell between us. Upon The Tree-Tops I took the wren's nest;— Heaven forgive me! The Adventures of A Brownie As Told to My Child by Miss Mulock They flew nearly half a mile to their regular feeding ground, and did not come to the nest as often as the wrens when bringing up their brood. A-Birding on a Bronco Immediately a little fiery-crested wren hopped down from a branch of the bush and began to peck among the grass. The Flamp, The Ameliorator, and The Schoolboy's Apprentice "It was only a fluke, then," said Hector, who, in spite of his sorrow for the wren, had felt some admiration for his sister's skill. The Thirteen Little Black Pigs and Other Stories A wren is a quick-witted little creature, and she was not long in making up her mind. Upon The Tree-Tops I took the wren's nest;— Bird, forgive me! The Adventures of A Brownie As Told to My Child by Miss Mulock Before this, in watching the wrens, I had looked off across a sunny field of golden oats, against the background of blue hills. A-Birding on a Bronco Then he turned his attention to Henriette who made futile little efforts like a tiny mother wren. Orphans of the Storm And then she covered up the dead wren in her handkerchief and went in to tell her troubles to "mamma." The Thirteen Little Black Pigs and Other Stories "The hermit has no finer eye For shadowy quietness" than had this pair of wise little wrens. Upon The Tree-Tops The mossy walls, the dainty door, Where Love should enter and explore, And Love sit caroling outside, And Love within chirp multiplied;— I took the wren's nest;— Heaven forgive me! The Adventures of A Brownie As Told to My Child by Miss Mulock On this day, when the wren came up from the dark nest pocket and found me below, she called back to her little ones in such distress that I felt reproached. A-Birding on a Bronco Sometimes a wren or a sparrow fluttered in and out of the periwinkle, and once a small green lizard glided like the shadow of a moving leaf over a tombstone. The Romance of a Plain Man But the sight of the poor little wren changed her triumph into sorrow again. The Thirteen Little Black Pigs and Other Stories A dynamite bomb could not have been more effective, nor more shocking to us, for lo! in sudden panic five baby wrens took flight in five different directions. Upon The Tree-Tops For instance, all the wrens except our house wren seem to use about the best material at hand for their nests. Ways of Nature This peculiar tremulous motion of the wings was marked in both wrens; their emotions seemed too large for their small bodies. A-Birding on a Bronco And the wren, the irrepressible house wren, was and is in evidence every few minutes, busy carrying nesting-material into the box on the corner of the veranda. Under the Maples The poor wrens were in despair and were forced to look for other quarters.” Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 3 March 1897 Just as I reached the wren corner a shriek arose, as if I had stepped on a whole family of birdlings. Upon The Tree-Tops What can be more unsuitable, untractable, for a nest in a hole or cavity than the twigs the house wren uses? Ways of Nature When able to listen to something besides song sparrows, I realized that from the trees in front of me was coming the rippling merry song of a wren. A-Birding on a Bronco The house wren during the breeding-season repeats his song thousands of times a day, while the red-eyed vireo sings continuously from morning till night for several months. Under the Maples They were sitting in the wrens' garden with the children. Jan and Her Job Some time passed, and though I heard many bird notes about me, and the wren song itself afar off, there was no flit of wing nor faintest wren note near me. Upon The Tree-Tops The house wren will carry a twig three inches long through a hole of half that diameter. Ways of Nature One morning I discovered a bit of a wren under an oak with building material in her bill. A-Birding on a Bronco He taught me Bewick's wren and the prairie warbler, and I taught him the swamp sparrow and one of the rarer warblers; I think it was the pine warbler. Under the Maples He went through the wrens' garden and in by the window. Jan and Her Job Just beyond the last house, a wren, bubbling over with joy, always poured out his enchanting little song as I passed. Upon The Tree-Tops She knows how to manage it because the wren tribe have handled twigs so long in building their nests that this knowledge has become a family instinct. Ways of Nature While waiting for the wrens, I buckled Billy's bridle around the sycamore and threw myself down on the warm sand under the beautiful tree. A-Birding on a Bronco The birds are the little people that peep out at me, or pause and regard me curiously in this great temple of trees,—wrens, chippies, robins, bluebirds, catbirds, redstarts, and now and then rarer visitants. Under the Maples Even the usually shy and furtive golden-crested wrens fussed in and out under the yew hedge quite regardless of Jan. Jan and Her Job I had not heard the wren; and indeed the birds seemed unusually silent, the squirrels appeared to be asleep in their nests, and not a leaf was stirring. Upon The Tree-Tops But the swallow was familiar, and the robin and the wren and the highhole, while the woodchuck I saw and heard in Wyoming might have been the "chuck" of my native hills. Ways of Nature He was grazing quietly near where I sat under the wren tree, when he suddenly threw up his head. A-Birding on a Bronco Very soon we heard a wren which was new to me. Under the Maples "The little wrens that build" had been safe enough. Jan and Her Job "And shy, too," Henry murmured to himself, "shy as a wren about intimate things!" Changing Winds A Novel Two of the bittern's five eggs had been punctured by the long-billed marsh wren. Ways of Nature When the wren had become reconciled to us she worked rapidly, flying back and forth with material, followed by her mate, who sang while she was on the nest and chased away with her afterwards. A-Birding on a Bronco “There first the wren thy myrtles shed On gentlest Otway’s infant head.” The Poetical Works of William Collins With a Memoir Charles Considine Smith faithfully kept to his agreement regarding the protection of the wrens, and much later wrote a series of articles upon their habits, which appeared in the North Cotswold Herald. Jan and Her Job A wren had followed the creeping greenness and built her nest in the cornice, from which she flew frightened, when a light entered the room. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals A pair of house wrens had a nest in my well-curb; when the young were partly grown and heard any one come to the curb, they would set up a clamorous calling for food. Ways of Nature This particular mother wren, however, seemed to enjoy her cares. A-Birding on a Bronco In the great stillness I heard a wren twittering in the reeds along the bank, and I noted a green grasshopper, caught in the current, swimming for his life. Dwellers in the Hills What secret menace had threatened this "staid person," this prosperous shipper of sherry who, apparently, had spent the evening of his life in observing the habits of wrens. Jan and Her Job The wrens were not afraid, but they were so small he could not hit them. Our Young Folks, Vol 1, No. 1 An Illustrated Magazine Even an old cigar box or a tomato can with a hole in it the size of a quarter will satisfy a house wren. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 The old wren's calls made me think of a human mother who can no longer control her big wayward offspring and has to entreat them to do as she bids. A-Birding on a Bronco We love the mellow notes of the woodthrush, and of the veery, the clear, rollicking outpourings of the bobolink, the musical love song of the brown thrasher, the cheerful scolding of the wren. The Meaning of Evolution In fact, he wrote almost as much about the habits of trout as about wrens. Jan and Her Job The wrens will warble in chorus, Rare music, so touching and sweet; The orioles sent for their tickets, And will surely give us a treat. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad Even the robin and the wren, nesting in holes along the hedge, and the field-mouse in its chamber sheltered by the moss, were at any time likely to have their family affairs most cruelly upset. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain A loud continuous scolding met me on approaching, and one of the old wrens, with bill full of insects, flew—not up to the nest—but down in among the weeds! A-Birding on a Bronco But our English sparrow is not only better fitted for the struggle than the robins and bluebirds, the orioles and the wrens. The Meaning of Evolution It is almost entirely built of moss, and, can you believe it, the wren uses spider’s webs to bind it together! What the Blackbird said A story in four chirps Ever so many birds, blue birds, wrens and sparrows wanted to build in that box too. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad The squirrels and rabbits in our yard are very tame, and do not mind people a bit; and a little wren builds its nest in the horse post by the stoop every year. Harper's Young People, June 29, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Brown chippies were not much commoner around the ranch-house than western house wrens were, but the big prosaic brown birds seemed much more commonplace. A-Birding on a Bronco Here in the woods my wrens have established for themselves the hour of sunrise, and it is partly to escape their scolding for neglect that I get up with the sun. How Girls Can Help Their Country The Blackbird had also come across a most remarkable nest, that of the golden-crested wren. What the Blackbird said A story in four chirps The little brown wren greets them in her pert way, and I dare say takes pleasure in them. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia This 102 dress is finished with a tail-piece somewhat like that of the wren, though it is not upturned so much. Wild Life on the Rockies The brush and trees were full of song—yellowbirds, linnets, chewinks, doves, wrens, and, best of all, a song sparrow,—bless his heart!—singing as if he were on a bush in New York state. A-Birding on a Bronco And the birds were of many kinds, too: robins, thrushes, bullfinches, mocking-birds, wrens, yellowtails and skylarks. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland Last Spring a vile cuckoo 62 actually laid her egg in a wren’s nest, and the two poor little wrens had to hatch and rear the young monster. What the Blackbird said A story in four chirps Do you know, I think the wren a Quaker bird, only her gown is not quite gray enough. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia Among the many common birds are owls, meadowlarks, robins, wrens, magpies, bluebirds, chickadees, nuthatches, and several members of the useful woodpecker family, together with the white-throated sparrow and the willow thrush. Wild Life on the Rockies The rough bark seemed such a help to it that I imagined the wrens had done wisely in choosing a smooth sycamore to build in. A-Birding on a Bronco The red and blue birds, wrens, jays, and woodpeckers, staid with us all winter. Harper's Young People, March 30, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The grey wood wren begins to sing before the first moulting, but sings more powerfully during and after moulting, right on into the month of October, singing like a full-grown bird. The Sexual Life of the Child And so it happened that she understood every word of the song that the wren sang to her that winter afternoon. Harper's Young People, February 17, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Being a house wren, Rusty was naturally on the best of terms with all the people in the farmhouse. The Tale of Jolly Robin I was delighted,—such an appropriate place for a wren's nest,—and sat down for her to come back. A-Birding on a Bronco My seventh is in wren, but not in bird. Harper's Young People, March 30, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly There they are, cheek-by-jowl, as cosy as wrens'-nests, just abaft the cook's galley amidships yonder.' Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure An eagle and a wren are very unlike each other; but no one would hesitate to pronounce that they were both birds: so it is with the almost endless varieties of the monkey tribe. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans In this way a single pair of wrens will destroy many hundred insects every day. Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other Neighbors For Young Folks Presently, back flew one of the wrens with more building material. A-Birding on a Bronco The great distinction of the winter wren's melody is its marked rhythm and accent, which give it a martial, fife-like character. Birds in the Bush Rarely, or never, does he expend powder and shot on the swallow, the wagtail, the tomtit, the starling, the thrush, the blackbird, the wren, the robin, or any of the grub and fly-feeders. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea "If you are all innocent, why are we obliged to have a policeman?" enquired the little wren, in a nervous voice. Policeman Bluejay For two days the wren tried to force its way in; but the martins held on, and went without food during that time. Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other Neighbors For Young Folks The female saw the wren's doorway, and being in search of apartments flew up to look at the house. A-Birding on a Bronco Note tumbles over note in the true wren manner, and the strain comes to an end so suddenly that for the first few times you are likely to think that the bird has been interrupted. Birds in the Bush The next morning I was awakened by the jolliest wren music of the season. A Bird-Lover in the West And the wrens and chickadees avoid the cuckoo as much as possible, because they are fond of being alive. Policeman Bluejay The thrush is double the size of the wren, and nearly all the kinds are brown in color, some having their wings tipped with red or yellow. Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other Neighbors For Young Folks As nothing happened, I went off to watch another nest, but in an hour was back to make sure of seeing the small wrens when they left the nest. A-Birding on a Bronco But the chief singers were the olive-backed thrushes and the winter wrens. Birds in the Bush In studying another bird, I was led around to the back of the still shut-up cottage, and there I found, very unexpectedly, an exceedingly busy and silent wren. A Bird-Lover in the West “I’m as hungry as those little wrens I hear cheeping up there somewhere.” The Dominant Dollar The wren flies low, and but a little way at a time. Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other Neighbors For Young Folks In less than an hour that whole brood of wrens had flown, and were three or four rods away in the high weeds—safe! A-Birding on a Bronco The winter wrens were less numerous than the thrushes, I think, but, like them, they sang at all hours of the day, and seemed to be well distributed throughout the woods. Birds in the Bush Who would ever suspect a house wren of shyness? A Bird-Lover in the West That wren certainly has my sympathy—and respect.” The Dominant Dollar At last the wren gave up, and built a nest elsewhere, leaving the martins in quiet possession of their own nest. Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other Neighbors For Young Folks Here we expected to see a young hawk, and there a goslin, and next a strutting turkey, and then a dodo, a loon, an ostrich, a wren, a magpie, a cuckoo, and a wag-tail. A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. Thrushes and jays, wrens and chickadees, finches and warblers, all would be singing one grand medley. Birds in the Bush |
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