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House Wren
Description: Of the nine North American species of Wrens, the House Wren is the most common and best known. A frequent visitor to bird feeders, the House Wren is small and brown in color with a fine, down-curved bill and stubby cocked tail. The secretive House Wren hops about on the ground and often punctures the eggs of nearby nesting birds, both of its own and other species. House Wrens have one of the largest ranges of any songbird in the New World summering across Canada and the northern United States and then migrating southward to as far as the southernmost point of South America in winter.
Other Names: Brown Wren, Wood Wren, Jenny Wren
Color: Eastern House Wrens are browner above, buff-colored below. Western House Wrens are grayer above, paler below. Both genders look alike, but young House Wrens have a bright reddish-brown rump.
Sound: The House Wren is a song bird that sings a bubbling musical series of complicated whistled notes and trills. Call a sharp "chek."
Preferred Environment: House Wrens like to build their nests near human dwellings or along forest edges and in open woodlands, city parks, and residential areas with trees
Nesting Habits: The male House Wren arrives to the nesting area first, filling the nesting cavity with small sticks. When the female arrives about 10 days later, she inspects the stick-filled cavities selecting the one she likes. She'll then rearrange the nest, lining it with twigs, hair, feathers, catkins and fluff. This little brown bird often takes over all the birdhouses in its general vicinity trying to keep other species from using them.
Food Preference: House Wrens' diet consists almost entirely on insects.
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How to Attract House Wrens
House wrens are cavity nesters so they are a good candidate for attracting to your birdhouses. They actually seem to prefer man-made nest boxes to natural cavities.
To attract House Wrens to your backyard habitat try adding a wren house specifically built for them. Wrens prefer houses that have an entry hole dimension of 1 1/8 inches, any larger and house sparrows and other less desirable birds will compete for them. avoid any birdhouse with a perch. The birds don't need it and sparrows will use it. The floor should be about 4 inches square and 3-6 inches below the entry hole. The roof needs to be slanted to shed water and keep the nest dry. Unpainted wood is preferred and do not use wood that has been treated with copper arsenate. Their nesting and feeding habits are easily observed, as these birds tend to be tolerant of humans.
These birds elentlessly search for insects during the nesting phase so House Wrens can be an asset to the backyard habitat.
Be sure to welcome this little bird to your yard by placing several houses around your property and consider one in the front yard and one in the back yard.
Suggested Wren Houses
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