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The Wren family is a group of small, restless, brownish birds with finely barred wings and tails. Wrens have long, slender bills which are slightly decurved. The best field mark is the way the tail is usually cocked straight-up. Their favorite food is insects.
The Carolina wren was a common resident prior to 1977, but the extreme cold and snow of the winters that followed almost wiped it out in Ohio. It is now a rare permanent resident. Naturalists expect the species will recover, but it will be many years before the Carolina wren is again plentiful.
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Carolina Wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus
At-a-Glance
• Peak Breeding Activity: March-October
• Incubation: 12-14 days
• Clutch Size: 4-8 eggs
• Young Fledge: 12-14 days after hatching
• Typical Foods: insects and spiders
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Description
The largest of our wrens, the Carolina has a rufous-brown back with buffy underparts. The broad white eye-stripe is a good field mark.
Habitat and Habits
The habitat for this wren, which is our only nonmigratory species, is thick underbrush and shrubbery in thickets, ravines, swamps, and residential areas. The song is a loud, whistled tea-kettle, tea-kettle, tea-kettle, tea.
Reproduction and Care of the Young
The nest is feather-lined and dome-shaped, with sticks and moss as the building materials. An entrance is on the side. The nest and the brown-spotted whitish eggs are placed in a crack in a stone wall, a hollow stump, or any other convenient dark opening. |
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