Wren Feeding Frenzy
Our local wrens have successfully raised a brood and moved on. While
we find that we miss the daily chatter (well, maybe not the endless
wren-song beginning at dawn just outside our bedroom window!), we
don’t necessarily miss having them curse us, berate us, and call
Yesterday a Carolina Wren sang and was observed briefly at the J.C. Hormel
Nature Center in Mower County. The bird was behind the interpretive center
to the right of the bird feeders. It was foraging on the ground when seen.
It was heard singing further down the trail by the stream. This is
Just as the light began to fail last evening (10/21), a wren flew
into our feeders. At first, looking like a Red-breasted Nuthatch on
steroids, binoculars revealed an adult Carolina Wren. It moved about
the feeder giving us good looks. It made one more appearance ten
minutes later where
Rock Wren -- Friday, Sept. 19, 1:00 p.m. Inspiration Peak, Otter
Tail County
At the top of Inspiration Peak today, while lunching and watching for
raptors, we saw a wren-like bird land on top of a fence post about
50 feet away. The size and light color of the bird caught our
attention,
There is a Carolina Wren in our yard. Singing on occasion and coming
to the feeders seldom.
Tom Bell
Grey Cloud Island
5868 Pioneer Rd. S.
St. Paul Park, MN 55071
651 459-4150
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From: Pastor Al Schirmacher pasto...@princetonfreechurch.net
To: mou-net at moumn.org; mnbird at lists.mnbird.net
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 9:48 AM
Subject: [mou] Carolina Wren? Northern Mockingbird? Tufted Titmouse?
RiceLake Refuge
There has been some excellent
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Hastings, MN
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Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 9:48:12 AM
Subject: [mou] Carolina Wren? Northern Mockingbird? Tufted Titmouse? Rice Lake
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Subject: Re: [mou] Carolina Wren? Northern Mockingbird? Tufted Titmouse? Rice
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I would say it's more likely a Carolina Wren than a Mockingbird.? What could
have been interpreted as Peter
There has been some excellent dialogue on the identity of the heard bird on
the Aitkin field trip Saturday.
The bird sang repeatedly for a couple of minutes, then shut down. The song
could easily be transliterated as Peter, Peter, Peter, but with an
occasional two note ending as well, and
The plot thickens - other strong birders have mentioned being fooled by
Peter, Peter, Peter Baltimore Oriole calls as well.
Love having four options for an audio ID:). Next time, we tie the bird down
and tickle it until it confesses.
All kidding aside, thanks for the commentary - good
At about 8:30 this morning, I heard a Carolina Wren singing in Crosby Park in
St. Paul. The park is along the Mississippi, below Shepard Road, between the
MN 5 bridge to Fort Snelling and the I-35E bridge. The bird was on the south
side of Crosby Lake (the big lake), roughly somewhat to the
Chuck Krulas, John Hockema, Bob Ekblad, and I did our morning Rochester route
and found the subject line FOY birds. Bob also told us he saw Spotted Sandpiper
and Orange-crowned Warbler yesterday around town.
Jeff Stephenson
Rochester, Mn, Olmsted County
Phone: 507 289 7635
Cell: 507 254 8194
While conducting my routine volunteer activity this afternoon at
Murphy-Hanrahan, I saw a Winter Wren.
Also, my resident Barred Owl flew in to perch overhead and check me out. Not
much else but the usual residents. Hooded Mergansers on Murphy Lake with the
geese.
Sid Stivland,
Plymouth,
This morning a Carolina Wren was chittering away as it gleaned my
neighbor's deck looking for insects.
Bill
O. William (Bill) Bruins
1538 11th Avenue NE
Rochester, MN 55906
507-281-1607
Water is a resource not a waste product.
Yesterday and today a Carolina Wren visited our feeder. We also hear
it calling.
Bill
O. William (Bill) Bruins
1538 11th Avenue NE
Rochester, MN 55906
507-281-1607
Late this afternoon, Barbara and I heard a Carolina Wren singing from an alley
in the middle of the block bounded by Wheeler, Goodrich, Amherst, and
Princeton. This is in the Tangletown part of St. Paul's Macalester Groveland
neighborhood.
Julian Sellers
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Our resident house wren showed up Monday morning, April 23 in west
Minneapolis.
However, over the winter a downy woodpecker enlarged the holes on most of
our half-dozen houses to woodpecker size. I wonder if the wren will still
use them. Wish I'd replaced the fronts of the houses a couple of
Today my Dad and I were birding around Mille Lacs and Sherburne Counties.
At Kunkel WMA we had a Carolina Wren. Other migrants today were Hermit Thrush,
Winter Wren, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and Vesper Sparrow.To reach Kunkel,
take 169 north past Princeton to MN 95. Take 95 west to
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The Carolina Wrens were last seen in my yard Saturday March 10 at 5:30 =
pm. Now I have discovered that the
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I heard the (male, I'm assuming) Carolina Wren singing, and it felt very =
close to my house. Then, there was
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Old Cedar Avenue Bridge:
The Carolina Wren that has been here for quite a few years was heard
singing this morning.
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As I was hunched over, eating my cereal, my ears picked up a sound. =
Shh! I said to my dad, Listen! And there
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For those who want to view the Carolina Wrens of Golden Valley, here are =
a few things of note:
1) Please
Since January 19, one and usually both Carolina Wrens have appeared
at our feeders. Today, however, neither one made an appearance. I
guess the warm weather removed the need for their daily meal worm fix.
Bill
O. William (Bill) Bruins
1538 11th Avenue NE
Rochester, MN 55906-4213
507-281-1607
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I was finally able to feast my eyes on the Carolina Wren! It hung out a =
lot in my neighbor's yard, so I went
About 3:45 the peripatetic Carolina Wren showed up at our house and
visited all our feeders. We last saw it 11 days ago.
I guess the snow fall has limited its food sources.
Bill
O. William (Bill) Bruins
1538 11th Avenue NE
Rochester, MN 55906-4213
wbru...@earthlink.net
507-281-1607 - home
Yesterday at the MOU Paper Session I chatted with a number of folks
about the Carolina Wrens visiting my feeders. As I told many of them
it seems to come by every three to four days at either *AM or 4PM and
predicted that I should see it Sunday or Monday.
As predicted, one of the wrens dropped
About 15 minutes ago my wife said to me, Isn't that the Carolina
Wren on the feeder by the shed? I grabbed the bins and sure enough
it was. She suggested getting he meal worms out and filling the bowls.
First, I grabbed my PDA with bird songs and went outside and played
the Carolina Wren songs
It seems the CAROLINA WREN has remained in the neighborhood despite
the unexpected 12 inches of snow delivered Friday.
Yesterday my wife saw it checking out the crevices iof a long dead
stump in the neighbor's yard.
This morning she heard it first and called to me to come and hear it.
Since
We had another visit by a Carolina Wren today. During lunch my wife
spotted it first, she has a good view of an old branch we have
fastened to the deck that once housed Downy Woodpecker nests. The
wren was exploring the various cavities. It also visited our feeders,
worm dishes, and water
As I was getting in my car this morning, I was greeted with a very loud
bird song I hadn't heard before.
Then got close range looks at a Carolina wren. New yard and MN bird.
The only other time I had seen a Carolina wren was with my brother in
Nashville many years ago.
A few years ago, he moved
At about 1:30pm today (9/9/06), I saw a Winter Wren near the north end
of the road that splits Lake Vadnais in Ramsey County.
Also this afternoon, a few Caspian Terns were standing on the mudflat
located near the southwest corner of Lake Vadnais.
Tom Nelson
Ramsey County
At the Sand Point trailhead at Frontenac S. P., a Carolina Wren was seen and
heard this morning at 8:30. Upon returning from the trek out to the point
at 11:00, a brief search determined that the bird was either silent or
altogether absent.
Bill Litkey
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Found a Carolina Wren in Courthouse Park today. Best description of
directions is in south central part of the park along the stream. Good
numbers of migrant warblers were also found but not spread out much as most
were in only two or three waves. Listened for chickadees and when found
there
A Carolina Wren that was found by Cole Foster on Sunday was heard
frequently, as well as seen, mid-morning today in the small woods
behind(south) the archery range in Locke Park. From University Ave. turn
east onto 69th Ave. and park in the SE corner of the parking lot of the
Columbia Arena near
Hey all-
Another LATE report, I apologize.
At around 6:45 on June 1, my dad John Ellis and I found a singing
Carolina Wren at 1300 Grey Cloud Trail near Hastings, Minnesota. We
were driving slowly when I heard a descending jeeer call, which I
recognized immediately as a CAROLINA WREN. We
Heard a Marsh Wren on the boardwalk in the middle of Wood Lake Nature
Center today. Amazing sound. Then with patience and auditory tracking
saw movement in the cat tails and finally the little critter jumped
right out and showed itself off for me. A beautiful bird completely
focused on
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Yesterday, Wed., April 26th, the house wren returned to my yard in the =
Lake Judy area. I hope he has better
There is a Carolina Wren singing upstream from the parking area at the
end of Old Valley Road. You can usually hear Red-shouldered Hawks and
sometimes Winter Wrens from this same location. I wouldn't venture any
further than the path that leads straight ahead to the river because
of the
The Carolina Wren found on 4/2 has continued to be easy to relocate,
providing you can get to the right spot. Saw it this morning, and other
times during the last 1 1/2 weeks.
Heading south on 61, turn right (away from town) at Huff St, and then a
quick right at Lake Blvd. Proceed past the
I heard and saw a Carolina Wren with at least two Tufted Titmice on the
trails that run behind Holzinger Lodge and Woodlawn Cemetery Sunday evening.
The trails are very confusing, but I will do my best:
From Hwy 61 turn south (towards the bluffs) at Huff St, and make a quick
right at Lake
This morning at 9:25 I saw a Carolina Wren singing the long version of its
full-throated tea kettle type song several times thirty feet from the
bluff trail just beyond the third bridge from the parking lot at Old Cedar
Bridge. I reported hearing one in the same area last Friday (3/3), but
wasn't
Awesome early Spring day today (Saturday), topped off by a Carolina Wren in
Reno, MN.
From Hwy 26, take Hillside Road in Reno. On your left, look for fire marker
# 16878. There are feeders on the north side of this residence which were
hopping. I never saw the wren come to the feeder, but I
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This morning I spotted a wren near the entrance to the dog park at 54th
and Hiawatha near the Veterans home. I heard a song
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This morning, I saw a Carolina Wren in Courthouse Park, Waseca County. =
It was investigating nooks and
This evening I relocated the Rock Wren reported by Deb and Steve
Falkowski yesterday at the Taconite Harbor boat launch. I first saw
it at about the 4:15 pm at the base of the boulder breakwall on the
west side of the boat launch. I had already walked half way out on
the breakwall when I
Deb Falkowski left a message on the Duluth RBA that she and her
husband found a Rock Wren at Taconite Harbor in Cook County this
afternoon. She said it was sticking around the area, making a loop
around the rocks. I'm assuming this means the rocks along the
lakeshore near the boat launch,
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The Carolina Wren of Wood Lake was in its usual territory near the back gate
this afternoon from 2-3PM. Also lots of Golden-crowned Kinglets feeding on
weed seeds and getting very
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This morning at 6:15 AM there was a Carolina Wren singing in my backyard. It
later came up on the deck and sang off and on until about 8:30 AM. This is a
new county record for
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This morning at Wood Lake Nature Center in Richfield, Hennepin County I enjoyed
close looks at a Carolina Wren.
If you come in the back gate on the east side of the Nature Center off from Oak
Grove Blvd; it
The passerine banding operation has been going since August 1, and its been
very exciting so far: numbers have been unusually high. Some of the birds
passerine bander Dave Grosshuesch is seeing now include large numbers of
Nashville Warblers, a lot of Mourning Warblers, and good numbers of
Chet Meyers writes:
June 25th Miriam and I birded Felton Prairie and easily saw the rock wren at its
regular location. Actually it moved to the top of at least five different rocks
piles. However, no sign of the Say's phoebes. After our search, eight other
birders searched with similar results.
Took my first walk in about 3 weeks and found a couple of interesting
birds:
Carolina Wren-Heard and then seen between #34 #35 in a wooded
areaat the top of a hill that is more or less between the 2
large ponds. It is the first one I've seen out there.
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I saw the Rock Wren and Say's Phoebe yesterday, June 8, at Felton Prairie.
The Rock Wren was singing from the top of rock pile # 6002 and one Say's
Phoebe was feeding on the
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Jeff Stephenson just called and reported both bird present this morning =
(Tues).
The Rock Wren was on rock
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The Marsh Wren that Bill Tefft, Robert Gibson, and I found in the rice
paddies yesterday is still present at the Waisenan entrance this
evening.
Also present were 3
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Yesterday, 5/10, Bob Janssen and I discovered a Rock Wren singing at the
Felton Prairie area of Clay County. The bird was singing from rock pile #
6002,
which is located at
Early this morning while walking at Wood Lake Nature Center in Richfield,
Hennepin County I was able to enjoy hearing a Marsh Wren singing from the
marsh.
It looked like Forster's Tern roll call out there, and I experienced a Kodak
Moment! Lining the floating footbridge across the marsh
I just had a winter wren in my back yard a few minutes ago. (Eagan,
Dakota County)
Perhaps of belated interest, on 1 April (Fri), I watched 3 male and 3
female Eastern Bluebirds flying around and occasionally landing on a
pair of Bluebird houses on my bluebird trail at Umore Park in Rosemount,
We had a brief sighting of a Carolina wren last evening in our yard, but
it has not reappeared today. Jan Wicklund
This morning (Wed.--sorry about the late post) at 10:45 I heard a singing
Carolina Wren near Old Cedar Bridge across the water from the first opening
along Hog Back Ridge Trail just east of the parking lot--the opening just
before the one with the bench. Later I was able to actually see the bird.
I saw one of the adult Rock Wrens at about 11AM atop rockpile #6002 on
Sunday. I spent about an hour waiting, and checking other rockpiles. My
advice is to be patient and keep your distance while checking out piles
#6002 and #6006.
Other Felton birds:
Greater Prairie Chicken
-Flyby just
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The Rock Wren at Felton Prairie now has a companion. Two Rock Wrens
were seen today at Felton Prairie. They were first
I just got a call from Bill Marengo, 11 AM Saturday. There is a Rock
Wren singing from the top of a rock pile in a Felton Prairie gravel pit.
His directions:
From the east end of Cty 108, where it changes from pavement to gravel,
turn north, the road curves to the right and on the south side of
Diane found a Carolina Wren on our property this morning. The bird was
first located at some brush piles near a picnic table just to the west
of the pond. It was later refound just upstream from the culvert in the
stream bed. The bird was not calling this morning - maybe more
interested in
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Both birds still in previously reported locations as of 12:40 this =
afternoon.
Nice way to spend a lunch
Jeff Stephenson called to report that he and a group of Minnesota
birders discovered a ROCK WREN at Split Rock State Park in Pipestone
County. It's hanging out among the rocks below the dam.
Rock Wren is Casual in the state and more than half the records are
from the spring. As near as I can
This morning at Lakeside Cemetery in Dakota County Leslie and I enjoyed hearing
the sweet bubbly song of the House Wren. We searched the woodlot until we
could see it singing, another reminder that our regular species are returning
every day!
This is the 3rd time that we have seen a
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The Carolina Wren that was at 105 Stinson Blvd was last seen on February =
29. It was there since mid
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Did'n't know if this was interesting to anyone or not but I have had this
little guy visiting my feeder all
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This bird was posted in December, and I am reporting that it is still =
seen. Posted by Tom and Sue Chorn.
This morning (12-29) between 9:45 and 10:15 I observed the Carolina wren at
the previous mentioned location, (105 Stinson Blvd. just north of County Rd.
E) on the far western border of Ramsey County. It was mixed in with a flock
of dark-eyed juncos.
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Hello: This bird feeding season seem to start out strong and has stayed that
way. Last week we had at our feeder a Carolina Wren on the 19th, plus a Fox
Sparrow, White-Throat
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On Sunday 08-31-2003 I captured a juvenile Carolina Wren at my banding =
station west of Bigfork in Northern
Longtime MOU member Helen Tucker of Millville, Wabasha County found a
Bewick's Wren today near her home. Birders are welcome to visit, but
please be respectful of the residential situation.
From U.S. Highway 52 and state highway 60, go east on 60 and after
crossing U.S. Highway 63 look for
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Monday May 5 I spent 6:00 - 6:30 pm looking for the Rock Wren at Acacia =
Park in Dakota County. I scoured the
Went to Acacia Cemetery about 7:15pm and found Walt Pop (from Hastings) looking
for the Rock Wren. We searched the brush
piles by the mattress unsuccessfully for the wren. We headed back to the
buildings by the gate where Walt spotted our
bird. We were treated to excellant vews of he bird on
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I was there between 8am and 9:50am and did not refind the rock wren in
any of the places it has been seen. I checked the
The Rock Wren was still present at Acacia Park Cemetary late yesterday =
afternoon. When I arrived, at about 5:20, the bird was in the =
previously mentioned brush-pile area northwest of the two buildings at =
the cemetary entrance; at about 5:50 it moved up to those buildings, and =
there it
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Hello all,
I saw the Rock Wren today between 4:30pm and 5:45pm. For most of the
entire time I was there it was along the
A photo of the Rock Wren can be seen on the Recently Seen page of
the mou website:
http://www.cbs.umn.edu/~mou/recent.html
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Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 11:39 PM
To: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union
Subject: [mou] Rock Wren - Dakota Co.
A photo of the Rock Wren can be seen on the Recently Seen page of
the mou website:
http://www.cbs.umn.edu/~mou/recent.html
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When I left at about 10:35 AM today the bird was in the northwest
section of the cemetery where the brush piles are. One of
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This morning, 4/29, about 10:30 am I refound the Rock Wren at Acacia
Cemetery. The bird was about 100 yards to the right (North) of the entrance
to the cemetery. The bird was
Hi
The Rock Wren was feeding on top of the two yellow
brick office buildings at the front entrance of Acacia
Cemetry from 2:30PM-4:00PM, Tuesday, April 29, 2003.
I saw it fly between the building twice and saw it on
top of the building four other times. Unfortunately,
I did not get a chance to
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