house wren
Small cavity nester
A house wren is a small, energetic brown songbird common across the Americas, known for its loud, bubbling song and habit of nesting in birdhouses, mailboxes, and other cavities near human dwellings.
Despite their size, house wrens are fiercely territorial and will destroy the eggs of competing birds: A pair of house wrens took over the bluebird box.
Mounted shelter for songbirds
- gardenCultivated plant area
- suburbanOf residential outskirts
- feederSource of input
- nesting boxEnclosed shelter for egg-laying
yard · porch · fence · landscaping · native plants · birdwatching · attract · resident
Rapid pitch oscillation
- warbleSing with tremolo
- chirpShort, high avian sound
- vocalizationProducing sounds with voice
- melodyPleasing sequence of notes
bubbling · chatter · singing · dawn chorus · notes · call · serenade · whistle
Empty space within
- birdhouseMounted shelter for songbirds
- nestboxArtificial cavity for wildlife
- eggsReproductive cells in shells
- clutchMechanism linking engine to gearbox
incubation · chicks · nestlings · fledglings · brood · breeding · mate · monogamous
birdhouse
Mounted shelter for songbirds
nesting box · yard · porch · fence · landscaping · native plants · birdwatching · attract · resident · familiar
trill
Rapid pitch oscillation
- warbleSing with tremolo
- chirpShort, high avian sound
- vocalizationProducing sounds with voice
melody · bubbling · chatter · singing · dawn chorus · notes · call · serenade · whistle · acoustic
cavity
Empty space within
- birdhouseMounted shelter for songbirds
- nestboxArtificial cavity for wildlife
- eggsReproductive cells in shells
clutch · incubation · chicks · nestlings · fledglings · brood · breeding · mate · monogamous · territorial
passerine
Perching bird order member
plumage · beak · tail · wingspan · insectivore · foraging · wildlife · avian · ornithology · species
- Wrens
- urban wildlifepigeon, brown rat, rat, raccoon, feral pigeon
- cavity nesterswoodpecker, bluebird, owl, chickadee, nuthatch
house wrenostrich
Largest living bird
emu · California condor · bald eagle · trumpeter swan · great blue heron
house wrengoshawk
Large woodland hunting bird
California condor · gyrfalcon · ovenbird · arctic tern · wood thrush
house wrenmute swan
Quiet orange-billed waterbird
turkey vulture · black vulture · great blue heron · cedar waxwing
house, wren, houses, housed, housing, housekeeper, housework, household, housewife