If you put up a birdhouse with a 1-1/8-inch entrance, you have a good chance of welcoming a house wren family. Chickadees and wrens nest in the same kind of birdhouse. If it says, "wren house," it ...

Similar in appearance and song to one another, yet occupying different habitats where their ranges overlap, wrens of all ...

The northern house wren (Troglodytes aedon) presents remarkable gusto in a small package. The tiny, energetic bird, with its ...

Right on cue, a male house wren appeared in the yard around April 20, loudly announcing himself via his rollicking, trilled song. He wasted no time investigating potential nest sites, and my new ...

The Cornell Lab reports that house wrens nest inside tree holes and nest boxes, and, as the season progresses, their nests can become infested with mites and other parasites that feed on wren ...

What makes a good wren house? Wrens have no building code, so while they show a preference for natural tree cavities or a traditional bird house, they will nest in pretty much anything that has a ...

To persuade the chickadees to nest somewhere else, I never cleaned last year’s wren nests out of the boxes. I thought my plan was working. House wrens construct their nests from sticks ...

A house wren engages in its throaty song ... He seems no closer to closing the deal. The nest box that he filled with twigs is still a bachelor pad. “It’s a competitive process,” said ...

Ms. Renkl is a contributing Opinion writer who covers flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. NASHVILLE — The drama started the first time a house wren showed up, nearly a ...

To persuade the chickadees to nest somewhere else, I never cleaned last year’s wren nests out of the boxes. I thought my plan was working. House wrens construct their nests from sticks ...