Learn what a Bewick’s wren looks like. Wrens prefer homes hung on low tree branches and are one of few species that tolerate swaying birdhouses. “After I hung a gourd birdhouse in one of the ...

A small wren with medium-length bill and tail ... but with greater tendency for dense cover. Not a hardy species; stragglers north of core wintering range uncommon. Vagrant: sometimes noted ...

It probably scurried along the ground gobbling up insects, as other surviving species of New Zealand wrens do today. The Stephens Island wren wasn't always confined to Stephens Island. The fossil ...