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winter wren

noun

  1. (in the Western Hemisphere) a small wren, Troglodytes troglodytes, of coniferous forests.


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Origin of winter wren1

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10
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The large swaths of park not fragmented by trails also allow space for wildlife to flourish, especially species such as winter wrens that forage in the shrubs and understory.

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The sounds included white noise, a contact call of a winter wren, or a female fairy-wren’s incubation call.

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"The winter wren is really with us during the summer too," said daddy.

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In winter wrens resort in numbers to old nests and to holes in walls for mutual warmth and shelter.

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It chirped at times so that its companions could hear it, and was answered by them, as well as by the nuthatches, a tree creeper, some sparrows, and a winter wren.

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