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	Birds, Familiar: House Wren, Life Histories of North American Birds, A.C. Bent
		The first house wrens arrive in New England and a corresponding latitude in the Midwest during the last week of April or early in May, but it is not until the middle of the month that the nesting activities are in full swing.
		Early in the spring one may find a house wren singing a song that is an irregular indefinite jumble of notes, only slightly or not at all suggesting of the usual song of the species, which has been referred to as a "primitive" and by others as an "abnormal" song.
		Wrens are also preyed upon by predatory birds such as owls; Fisher (1893) reports finding the remains of a house wren in the stomach contents of a screech owl, and Errington (Errington et al., 1941) found three wrens in the pelletal remains of the horned owl.
	birdsbybent.com /ch21-30/hwren.html (11568 words)

	The Great Wren Debate Revisited - by Barbara Boyle
		She studied the House wren for nearly thirty years, observing and recording all aspects of the bird, including feeding, courtship, breeding, nest life and the wren's relationship with its own and other species of birds.
		Regarding wrens, her observations led her to conclude that it was the male, and most likely the unmated males, that were so destructive to other species; the females reserving their destructive tendencies for each other.
		The House wren is everywhere, in open habitat where it was not previously found, and is still breeding in staggering numbers (5-12 eggs per brood, usually two and occasionally three broods per season).
	www.audubon-omaha.org /bbbox/wren.htm (2298 words)

	WREN HOUSES & WRENS - Providing a wren house for these active, little birds
		The wren's exuberant personality endears him to humans, but he is sometimes not the best neighbor to his fellow wrens and other songbirds, visiting their nests and piercing their eggs with his long, slender bill.
		The upturned tail of the wren is not indicative of a happy disposition as sometimes believed, but generally accompanies their scolding, indicating that they are disturbed.
		Wrens feed primarily on insects, but they may be attracted to a feeder by suet, peanut butter, and sunflower seeds.
	www.coveside.com /merchant/wrens.html (645 words)

	ADW: Troglodytes aedon: Information
		House wrens are native to the Nearctic region.
		House wrens breed between late April and early September, with the majority of clutches started in mid-late May. The males are the first to return from migration and establish territory for nesting within a few hours/days of arrival.
		House wrens are able to breed (have reached sexual maturity) when they are 1 year old, but some first time breeders skip the regular breeding time and choose instead to breed alongside the older birds who are attempting a second clutch in a season.
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Troglodytes_aedon.html (1327 words)

	House Wrens - discouraging, wren guards
		House wrens (Troglodytes aedon or HOWR) are small, brown, common, native, insect-eating birds with a cheerful song (although it can become grating when repeated at two second intervals).
		House wrens have also been observed filling a red-naped sapsucker nest with sticks while the sapsucker chicks were still in the nesting cavity.
		Unlike house sparrows and starlings, house wrens are native, and protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
	www.sialis.org /wrens.htm (2676 words)

	The House Wren
		From whence the House Wren comes, or to what parts it retires during winter, is more than I have been able to ascertain.
		The antipathy which the House Wren shews to cats is extreme.
		DRUMMOND at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, and described in the Fauna Boreali-Americana, was the Wood Wren, T. Americanus, it being found from Maine to the Rocky Mountains, as well as on the Columbia river, from which specimens have been brought by Mr.
	www.audubon.org /bird/BoA/F9_G2e.html (1369 words)

	1996 Experience with Experimental House Wren Guards
		Three experimental house wren guards were attached to nest boxes occupied by chickadees during the 1996 season.
		Even though house sparrows can not enter the 11 /8" entrance hole, these weird birds will often mercilessly harass nesting chickadees by hanging on the box, poking their heads in the entrance hole and attacking the chickadees entering and leaving the box.
		A singing male house wren was heard in the area when the young were still small and vulnerable but no damage was done.
	audubon-omaha.org /bbbox/ban/wrengurd.htm (1090 words)

	The Birdhouse Network - House Wren
		House Wrens occupy the northern two-thirds of the United States and parts of Canada.
		As part of this defense, House Wrens often pierce and destroy the eggs of other cavity-nesting species such as Eastern Bluebirds and Tree Swallows that attempt to nest within their territory.
		House Wrens migrate to the southern United States and Mexico for the winter.
	birds.cornell.edu /birdhouse/bird_bios/speciesaccounts/houwre.html (535 words)

	House Wrens nest in pottery birdhouse and control garden pests
		House Wrens do yard work for me. I stand on my back porch and watch a tiny brown bird streak from the apple tree to the garden, drop to the ground at one end of the vegetable bed, and disappear under the dense greenery.
		Wrens are tiny, but this one obviously thinks he's the biggest bird on the block.
		Maybe he was already courting another jenny wren, inviting her to inspect a tipped-over flower pot full of twigs in the tool shed.
	www.birdwatching.com /stories/house_wren.html (1154 words)

	House Wren
		While House Wrens are fascinating and fun to have in the back yard, they are aggressive toward other birds, and will drive out other cavity nesters, even pecking holes in the eggs of other birds and killing their nestlings.
		House Wrens are from 4.5 to 5.5 inches long with a wingspan of from 6 to 7 inches.
		House Wrens are cavity nesters that prefer to associate the edges of woodlands.
	www.wbu.com /chipperwoods/photos/housewren.htm (554 words)

	House Wren
		The northernmost form of House Wren breeds across southern Canada and throughout most of the United States, except in the Southeast.
		The transformation is enough that Audubon thought he was seeing a separate species, which he called the "Wood Wren." House Wrens become very shy and retiring on their wintering grounds, favoring the thickets and palmetto scrub of the southern United States.
		House Wrens from the West are grayer above and paler below than eastern birds.
	birds.cornell.edu /BOW/HOUWRE (569 words)

	Fact Sheet: Monitoring Bluebird Nest Boxes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Species such as bluebirds, tree swallows, house wrens, and chickadees are all native and beneficial birds.
		House (English) sparrows and European starlings are non-native species introduced from Europe and their aggressive seizure of cavity nest sites is the main reason for the rarity of bluebirds today.
		House sparrows can readily enter bluebird nest boxes and frequently kill bluebirds, destroy their eggs, or drive them from their nests.
	www.nabluebirdsociety.org /monitor.htm (946 words)

	House Wren (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The House Wren is a reddish-brown to gray-brown bird, dark brown bill above, yellowish-brown below, wings and long tail banded, underparts are buff-brown, and a very thin yellowish-gray line from the upper beak to over the eye.
		The House Wren can be confused with the Winter Wren but can be distinguished by the longer tail and the stouter bill.
		The song of the House Wren is a loud rising pitch of see-see-see-oodle-oodle and then descends.
	www.birdnature.com /housewren.html (371 words)

	Managing House Sparrows
		Eggs may be pecked in the nestbox (but usually not a pinhole like a house wren piercing); or removed from the box, and found underneath it.
		Other "brown birds" sometimes confused with the house sparrow are the house wren, carolina wren, chipping sparrow, house finch, Eurasian Tree Sparrow (has a brown crown instead of the HOSPs' gray crown, and it has a fl spot on its cheek that the HOSP doesn't have), and other song sparrows (e.g., white throated).
		House sparrows may be reluctant to use a Gilbertson PVC box or other boxes made of PVC pipe.
	www.sialis.org /hosp.htm (12018 words)

	House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) and Carolina Wren. Songbird. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Wren is the common name for members of a family of insectivorous songbirds.
		Wrens are highly vocal, and in many species males and females sing duets.
		The house wren (Troglodytes aedon), which breeds from Canada to southern South America, is about 13 cm (about 5 in) long.
	www.blitzworld.com /backyard/wren.htm (116 words)

	Birds: The House Wren
		Osgood Wright says very quaintly that the House Wren is a bird who has allowed the word male to be obliterated from its social constitution at least: that we always speak of Jenny Wren: always refer to the Wren as she, as we do of a ship.
		The House Wren's song is a merry one, sudden, abrubtly ended, and frequently repeated.
		The House Wren is not only one of our most interesting and familiar neighbors, but it is useful as an exterminator of insects, upon which it feeds.
	www.birdnature.com /sep1897/housewren.html (415 words)

	Nebraska Game and Parks Commission - Nest Box Plans - House Wren
		House wrens readily accept nest boxes placed between 5 and 10 feet above the ground.
		Wrens will use a house that is solidly supported or hung from an eye-hook and wire, but chickadees insist on a box attached solidly to a tree or building.
		Wrens hunt for insects in shrubs, low bushes, wood piles and brush.
	www.ngpc.state.ne.us /wildlife/guides/nestbox/housewren.asp (215 words)

	How to Build a Wren House
		Note that this house may be top-mounted, back-mounted or hung from a limb or porch.
		Mount or hang the house six to ten feet high in or near a tree or shrub.
		House wrens seem to prefer areas with trees and shrubs.
	mdc.mo.gov /nathis/woodwork/ww4 (361 words)

	FifthDayCreations - House Wren (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The house wren feeds upon insects and invertebrates, such as spiders, snails, and millipedes.
		The range of the house wren includes British Columbia east to New Brunswick, and south to Arizona and east to Georgia.
		House wrens often nest in unusual places such as the leg pants on a clothesline, in a mail box, and in flower pots.
	www.fifthdaycreations.com /article/hwren.asp (409 words)

	House wren (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The house wren is a small, well known bird (length 11 cm).
		It builds its cup-shaped nest near or even in houses and buildings, often under the ridge of the roof, but sometimes in a sawing-machine, in boots or in other things that are little used.
		At sunset a whole family of house wrens can be seen to take a bath in the sand in a garden, preferably dry sand from shell-ridges.
	webserv.nhl.nl /~ribot/english/trae_ng.htm (303 words)

	IFWIS - Bewick's wren
		House wren and other bird competition may also be a limiting factor 02,03,08,10,23.
		Competition from the house wren is expressed as a limiting factor in Illinois (Bowles, et al., 1981) and by others 01,02,05,07,08,10,23.
		Simpson (1978) feels the invasion of the starling and the house sparrow, who use similar habitat of suburban and farm settings as the Bewick's wren, along with the subsequent influx of the house wren due to southward range expansion all could have contributed to the Bewick's wren's decline 23.
	www.inhs.uiuc.edu /chf/pub/ifwis/birds/bewicks-wren.html (1802 words)

	Birds » Wild Birds » Wren - House Main Page
		House Wrens will readily nest in nesting boxes left for them, though they can and often do also nest in most anywhere suitable - an old bucket left out in the sun, a cardboard box, or inside anything snug enough to comfortably house the Wren and its young.
		The House Wren will pad down the round spots and coat the inside of the nest with soft materials like feathers and bits of cloth it may find in your backyard.
		The House Wren is also quite capable of producing loud sounds that they do not hesitate to emit when approached by potential predators.
	www.centralpets.com /pages/critterpages/birds/wild_birds/WBD3791.shtml (690 words)

	Building bird houses
		Drill at least four ¼-inch drain holes in the bottom of every house, and two 5/8-inch ventilation holes near the top of each side of the house.
		The sides of the house should enclose the floor to keep rain from seeping into the house and nest.
		House sparrow and starling nests and eggs can be removed as they are not protected by state or federal law.
	www.holoweb.com /cannon/buildingbh.htm (477 words)

	The Wren
		The wren's nest as said to be protected by lightning.
		As an important Kingship symbol, the sacrifice of the Wren provided a substitute for the sacrifice of the King himself to ensure the health and renewal of the land.
		In Ireland, the Wren was ritually hunted every St. Stephen's Day and carried in procession by the "Wren Boys"; and a number of British folk songs also refer to the ritual hunting of the wren, including the song known as the "Cutty Wren".
	www.advancenet.net /~jscole/wren.htm (926 words)

	Birds - House Wren
		Year after year these birds return to the same nesting places: a box set up against the house, a crevice in the barn, a niche under the eaves; but once home, always home to them.
		But however angelic the voice of the house wren, its temper can put to flight even the English sparrow.
		Six to eight minutely speckled, flesh-colored eggs suffice to keep the nervous, irritable parents in a state bordering on frenzy whenever another bird comes near their habitation.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles20/birds-55.shtml (343 words)

	Joel Chandler Harris Home--Atlanta: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
		Eleven years later, Harris rented the house and later purchased it in 1883 from his employer at the newspaper.
		The residence embodies distinct characteristics of the Queen Anne style, which include an asymmetrical plan with a steeply pitched gable roof and a heavily latticed porch, surrounded by trees and gardens where Harris raised a variety of fruits and vegetables.
		The house was dubbed the Wren's Nest in 1900, when the Harris children discovered a wren had built its nest inside their mailbox.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/atlanta/har.htm (406 words)

	Birding Column: House Wrens' Twice-a-Minute Feeding Frenzy
		The first pair of house wrens that I saw were checking out a possible nest site in a hole in a limb in a California sycamore tree that was at about a 45 degree angle to the ground, with the cavity situated on the side of the limb.
		I discovered this nesting activity well into the feeding period, and for a couple of days, I was able to watch the male and female house wrens make countless trips to and from the nest, bringing butterflies and all types of insects back to their rapidly growing young.
		The wrens took very little note of me, in spite of the fact that I was about 14 feet (4.3 meters) away and clicking my camera all the time.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2004/05/0525_040525_birdman.html (551 words)

	House Wren
		Wrens are one ot the easiest birds to attract to nest boxs in cities (probably next to Robins.) A favorable environment always helps increase chances.
		Suspend hanging wren houses with a few inches of wire so that they swing from tree branchs or under eaves or mount nest boxes on trees, fences or walls between four and ten feet high with partial sun and shade.
		Male Wrens will build several nests for the female to choose from so hanging several nest boxes may make an area more attractive.
	www.50birds.com /BPHouseWren.htm (414 words)

	Birds of Nova Scotia - House Wren (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A few have been in spring (15 birds from 8 April to 3 June), the rest mostly in fall (between 5 September and 28 November) and all but five were in southwestern Nova Scotia, in Queens, Shelburne, Yarmouth and Digby counties.
		A male House Sparrow alighted on one of these boxes but didn't remain long because it was immediately attacked by the wren and was last seen beating a hasty retreat with its diminutive, irate assailant in hot pursuit.
		The wren was obviously waiting for a mate to show up but none came that season.
	museum.gov.ns.ca /mnh/nature/nsbirds/bns0276.htm (326 words)

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