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House Wren (Trogiodytes aedon)

House Wren

Less than 5 inches long, this tiny bird seems to live right at home with a man-made house. It breeds throughout the United States, except for the South Atlantic and Gulf areas, and also nests in southern Canada. It winters in the southern United States and Mexico.

The rich, bubbling song of the familiar little house wren is one of the sweetest associations connected with town or suburban life. Its tiny body allows it to creep into all sorts of nooks and crannies for its insect food. A cavity in a fence post or porch roof, a wren box, a hole in a tree, will be welcomed as a nesting site. Their food is grasshoppers, beetles, bugs, spiders, cutworms, ticks, and plant lice.

Recognized universally as Johnny and Jenny wren, welcome neighbors, they still show peculiarities in their behavior. Jealous of their home areas, wrens sometimes puncture the eggs of other small species nesting nearby, and Johnny may have two, possibly three mates at one time.

Habitats For Birds

Common Birds
◦ Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
◦ Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
◦ Chickadee (Parus sp.)
◦ Bluebird (Sialia sp.)
◦ Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
◦ Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)
◦ Brown Creeper (Certhia familiaris)
◦ Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
◦ Cardinal (Richmondena cardinalis)
◦ Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
◦ Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
◦ Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)
◦ Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
◦ Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
◦ Crow (Corvus sp.)
◦ Downy Woodpecker (Dendrocopos pubescens)
◦ Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
◦ Goldfinch (Spinus sp.)
◦ Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
◦ Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
◦ Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
◦ House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
◦ House Wren (Trogiodytes aedon)
◦ Junco (Junco hyemalis)
◦ Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
◦ Mallard (Anas Platyrhynchos)
◦ Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
◦ Mourning Dove (Zenaida macoura)
◦ Myrtle Warbler (Dendroica coronata)
◦ Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)
◦ Pigeon (Columba livia)
◦ Purple Martin (Progne subis)
◦ Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
◦ Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
◦ Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
◦ Robin (Turdus migratorius)
◦ Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
◦ Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
◦ Sparrow Hawk (Falco sparverius)
◦ Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)
◦ Tufted Titmouse (Parus bicolor)
◦ Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
◦ White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
◦ White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
◦ Wood Pewee (contopus sp.)
◦ Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)
◦ Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
◦ Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)

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