![]() Out of 78 species of wrens found in the New World, the Winter Wren is the only one to take up residence outside of the Americas.On average, Winter Wrens sing between 16 - 36 notes per second.In proportion to its size and weight, the call of the Winter Wren is 10 times louder than that of a crowing rooster.He named it for his friend, Thomas Bewick, a British engraver. Audubon first identified the Bewick’s Wren in 1821 while in Louisiana.I can sleep through the steady din of robins and house sparrows (they were out there too), but the wren was like a slow motion car alarm. It went on and on like this, the worst part being those pauses. The declines appear most likely due to competition from the nest-destroying House Wren whose range expansion has accompanied the loss of the Bewick’s Wren. At 5:39 local time (that’s 3:39 body time), the bird went off. Bewick's Wren populations have declined sharply in the eastern United States.In some areas, this is the primary source of nesting failure for Prothonotary Warblers, Tree Swallows, chickadees, and bluebirds. House Wrens are known for destroying the eggs or young of other birds nesting within 100 feet of their own nest.The stick filled cavity of the House Wren nest provides “stilts” for the nest cup which allows rainwater to collect in the bottom of the nesting cavity without endangering the eggs or young.If the female likes what she sees, she will then take over, adding the nest cup and lining it with grass, inner bark, hair, and feathers. A male House Wren may lay claim to a nesting cavity by filling it with more than 400 small twigs.Breeding from Canada southward to the southern tip of South America, the House Wren has one of the largest ranges of any bird found in the New World.Members of a pair stay together on their territory year-round, and forage and move around the territory together A pair bond may form between a male and a female Carolina Wren at any time of the year, and the pair will stay together for life.One captive male Carolina Wren sang nearly 3,000 times in a single day.Unlike other wren species, only the male Carolina Wren sings the loud song.A female Carolina Wren is unable to defend her territory alone if her mate dies, so she spends much of her time watching for predators as they forage together.A single male Carolina Wren can sing up to forty different songs – up to 3,000 times in a single day.They feel more secure with a place to seek refuge nearby. You can increase your chances of attracting Carolina Wrens to you feeders by providing a brush pile close to your feeding area.
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