House Wren

Parents' reaction to our presence in the area!

Baby House Wrens in a nest high in a Ponderosa Pine

This is a House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) from Monteverde (Costa Rica). House Wrens were very common throughout our travels, and each had his slightly different dialect - in fact the dialectic differences were quite marked for the small linear distances of their separation. The separation in habitat provides the differentiation here.

House Wren (Troglodytes aedon from Monteverde (Costa Rica).

House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)l from Manuel Antonio (Costa Rica).

Here is one of the House Wren's common calls.

Here is one of the House Wren's common calls.

Here's the local bird outside our room at the Arenal Lodge (Costa Rica), 6/15/99.

Drab in appearance, but a great singer, the House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) is one of the most wide-spread species in the New World. You'll find him from Canada to Tierra del Fuego. House Wrens also occupy a very broad range of habitats - I see them in the high conifers and the desert scrub. This one makes his Winter home around Peck's Lake [Arizona], and he's foraging and chattering in a patch of low scrub brush in this sample. The full recording lasts 5 minutes or so, with the song changing constantly.

Buzzes

Buzzes

Reaction to our presence.