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The northern house wren (Troglodytes aedon) is a very small passerine in the wren family Troglodytidae. It found in southern Canada, the USA and Mexico. It occurs in most suburban areas in its range. It formerly included many subspecies resident in South America and in the Caribbean that are now considered as separate species.
The name "Wren's Nest" came from his discovery of a family of wrens living in the mailbox in the spring of 1895. [5] After several years of correspondence, Indiana poet James Whitcomb Riley visited Harris at Wren's Nest in 1900. Harris's children were especially interested in Riley and nicknamed him Uncle Jeems. [6]
The house wren complex has been split into eight species: Northern house wren, Troglodytes aedon; Southern house wren, Troglodytes musculus; Cozumel wren, Troglodytes ...
The Wren's Nest National Nature Reserve is world-famous geologically for its well-preserved Silurian coral reef fossils.Considered the most diverse and abundant fossil site in the British Isles, [9] more than 700 types of fossil have been found at the site, 86 of which are unique to the location, [10] including Calymene blumenbachii, a trilobite nicknamed the Dudley Bug or Dudley Locust by ...
House wrens compete with Bewick's wrens for similar nesting sites. House wrens will destroy both the nests and eggs of Bewick's wrens. [2] The reforestation of once open land has also negatively impacted the eastern Bewick's wrens. [2] In California, habitat loss due to development has impacted the Bewick's wren.
The nest is an oval structure attached to marsh vegetation, entered from the side. The male builds many unused nests in his territory. A hypothesis of the possible reason to why males build multiple "dummy" nests in their territory is that they are courting areas and that the females construct the "breeding nest" in which she lays her eggs. [11]
The canyon wren is more often heard than seen, and its falling series of whistles is one of the more familiar bird calls of the canyons of the western United States. Canyon wren nest from Texas It builds a cup nest out of twigs and other vegetation in a rock crevice.
The winter wren nests mostly in coniferous forests, especially those of spruce and fir, where it is often identified by its long and exuberant song. Although it is an insectivore , it can remain in moderately cold and even snowy climates by foraging for insects on substrates such as bark and fallen logs.