wren
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Then she was quiet for a moment, watching a Carolina wren pop in and out of a gourd it was using for a nest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
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
It seemed that he drove twice a week to all the local beauty parlors and barbershops, collecting their sweepings and arranging them, strand by strand, as carefully as a wren.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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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
To better understand how island evolution works, researchers compared the Scottish island birds with wrens from mainland Britain using body measurements, song recordings, and whole genome sequencing.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2026
Blackbirds and robins are usually the first to sing, external, followed by wrens, thrushes, and warblers as the light increases.
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
Squirrels and Carolina wrens hopped as close as they dared and drank from the puddles, and you could almost see the blades of brown grass lift themselves up and turn green.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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