Wrens (Troglodytidae)
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A Field Guide to Eastern Birds. by Roger Tory Peterson.
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| Wrens are among the most energetic and loudest of the bird groups in North America. The antics of these balls of energy are familiar to any one who has had a House Wren nesting near their house during the breeding season. They seem to be constantly flitting from one branch to another and seranading you as the sun comes up whether you want them to or not. Almost all wrens have the habit of holding their tail upright, nearly perpendicular to the body. Wrens are insectivores, feeding on insects gleaned from the branches of trees or marsh plants. Wrens occur in a variety of habitat in North America including woodlands, marsh, deserts, and canyons. There are about 75 species of the family Troglodytidae world-wide. Six of these species occur in eastern North America east of the Mississippi River. |
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