wren
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The author’s first drop-in—he prefers the term “co-presence”—is a wren, who is given the run of the place and his own chapter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
As the environment warms, southern species such as the grass wren and the northern cardinal spread further north in search of a suitable climate.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2023
A bee, butterfly, ladybird, wren and robin all appear on the invite's border to symbolize the beginning of spring and Charles's dedication to sustainability.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2023
Nick Kanakis of the US snapped this picture of a grey-breasted wood wren – a bird that spends most of its time on the ground.
From NewsForKids.net ● Oct. 20, 2022
If he had realized this, he might not have classed it light-heartedly as a “Not-hawk”—that is, anything from a wren to a pheasant—and continued on his way up the slope.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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In a brief preface Mr. Hoffman has also told us about wrens colonizing an abandoned swallows’ nest above the door of the house he shares with his wife, Julia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Scientists also found little evidence that wrens from Shetland and St Kilda regularly interbreed with mainland populations.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2026
It is one of the UK's most-loved garden birds and along with species like wrens can still be heard singing, external long after some other species go quiet.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
The area was a major nesting site for yellow-headed black birds, red-winged black birds, marsh wrens, soras and Virginia rails.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
Tiny wrens and sparrows hopped around the yard and fluttered up to the bird feeder on the fencepost.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
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