The nesting site can be located anywhere from 4-30 feet above ground. In fact, these birds seem to prefer man-made nest boxes to natural cavities. House wrens are cavity nesters and as such are easily attracted to birdhouses. However, in field studies this did not occur. In labs, these cocoons would hatch and feed on mites. Interesting to note, spider egg sacs are part of the make up of nest building. The whole nest building process takes about a week. Then she makes a small depression at the back of the cavity which she lines with pine needles and grass for egg laying. The female chooses whether she will pair with him or not.Īfter pairing, the female selects the nest site and begins to fill the nest completely with more twigs. The male attempts to attract a female which he takes to each of his nest sites. Male House Wren Singing to Attract a Mate He may place sticks in as many as twelve different nesting sites. The singing is mostly done during the mating season.Īs you watch, you'll notice the male begins placing sticks into prospective nest holes. This songster will sing from dusk to dawn. You'll know he has arrived when you begin hearing him sing from his perches.
Spring migrants begin to arrive in late March to Mid April with males beginning territorial claims by singing from perches.Ĭourtship and breeding begins when females arrive in a male territory.Įasily attracted to properly built Wren House, the male arrives first in early Spring and begins to establish his territory. The male usually has three prominent perches from which he defends his territory of 1/2 - 3/4 acres. If you spend any time at all watching these birds you'll easily know the extent of its territory. For the most part, they have no prominent field marks. The song of the young isn't as sure sounding as the adult males either. The females and juveniles look the same as the adult male although recent fledglings are noticeably smaller. Notice the faint or missing eye stripe that is The upperparts are unstreaked and grayish brown, the underparts are grayish white. Measuring 5 inches long with a plump body and a Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.Unlike many other birds, House Wrens do not have brightly colored feathers or markings. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William Wrenne, which was dated 1275, in the "Hundred Rolls of Norfolk", during the reign of King Edward 1st, known as "The Hammer of the Scots", 1272 - 1307. The Crest is a lion's head erased silver collared and pierced through the neck with a broken spear, red headed gold, vulned proper. A Coat of Arms granted to a Wren family of County Durham depicts, on a white shield, on a black chevron between three lion's heads erased purple as many wrens of the field, on a chief, red, three crosses crosslet, gold. Paul's Cathedral and over fifty other London churches after the Great Fire of 1666, as well as many secular buildings. The most notable namebearer is probably Sir Christopher Wren (1632 - 1723), the brilliant English architect who designed St.
Mary Abchurch, London, and Thomas Wren was christened on December 30th 1578 at St. The modern surname has two forms, Wren and Wrenn, the latter being the most usual spelling until the end of the 17th Century.Ĭhurch recordings include one Rychard Wren who married Agnis Dalton on September 12th 1561 at St. The nickname "Wren", derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century word "wrenna" or "wraenna", in Middle English "wrenne", was probably used of a small, busy and quick-moving person.
This unusual name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and is one of a large group of early English surnames created from nicknames, often from the names of birds and animals, after some supposed resemblance to their best-known characteristics, such as Lark, Nightingale, Jay, Hart, Lamb and so on.
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