People often describe the house wren as plain because the bird has simple brown colors. But don't disregard these backyard guests. House wrens measure 4 3/4 inches long with a wingspan of 6 inches.

Sedge wren, as a nomadic species ... “We just out of nowhere, just heard one of the birds singing and we all just kind of looked at each other like, you know, OK this is very strange.

But compare that to the song of the male wren. [ Wren singing ] What we hear is not what the bird hears. Birds live on a different timescale, at a different pace from us. And they can hear details ...

It is a joy to linger in bed for a few minutes on a spring morning and tell which birds are singing so jubilantly outside the bedroom window.

One study claims that the wren can tell how far away the other singing wren is. If the bird is not within the guarded area, the male sings a duet with its mate, telling the possible intruder, either ...

Wrens are a tiny, rusty-brown bird, smaller than a blue tit ... and energetic — it cocks its tail when singing. Wrens have a variety of calls, the most noticeable being a loud short tchic ...

For birds, singing is much more than just a pretty melody ... Australia looked at the superb fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus), a small Australasian passerine with flamboyant colours.

The exact origins are unknown, but it was usually performed in rural areas with masked groups calling from house to house with a wren bird that they had captured. They would ask for money to bury ...

For birds, singing is much more than just a pretty melody ... Australia looked at the superb fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus), a small Australasian passerine with flamboyant colors.