Northern House Wren Images, Facts and Information:
Used to be: House Wren, changed in July 2024
Troglodytes aedon
- Northern House Wrens are small, brown birds with long curved bills, short wings and dark barring on their wings and back. Their tail is usually held in an upright or slightly drooped position.
- Northern House Wrens have one of the largest breeding ranges of any songbird. They are found from the southern most tip of South America, Central America and North American into Canada.
- Northern House Wrens are found in a variety of habitats that feature shrubs, trees, brush combined with open areas for foraging including southern swamps, deciduous forests, coniferous, aspen and alpine forests up to 10,000 feet in elevation. Most House Wrens migrate.
- Northern House Wrens eat beetles, spiders, flies, caterpillars, leafhoppers, springtails earwigs and other insects.
- Northern House Wrens are cavity nesters that lay 5 to 9 eggs which hatch in 13 to 15 days, the female incubates.
- A group of wrens can be called a “flight”, “chime”, “herd” or flock of wrens.
- Northern House Wrens can live up to 7 years.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Northern House Wren photos.
House Wren high in the Wasatch Mountains
Title: House Wren high in the Wasatch Mountains
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 6/18/2019
Singing House Wren on a hummingbird’s favorite perch
Title: Singing House Wren on a hummingbird’s favorite perch
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 6/18/2019
Adult House Wren singing in the Wasatch Mountains
Title: Adult House Wren singing in the Wasatch Mountains
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 6/18/2019
Adult House Wren perched in a serviceberry
Title: Adult House Wren perched in a serviceberry
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 6/18/2019
Singing House Wren in the Wasatch Mountains
Title: Singing House Wren in the Wasatch Mountains
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 6/18/2019
House Wren in the Stansbury Mountains
Title: House Wren in the Stansbury Mountains
Location: Stansbury Mountains, West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 4/30/2019
House Wren singing in a shaded spot
Title: House Wren singing in a shaded spot
Location: Stansbury Mountains, West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 4/30/2019
House Wren in a natural nesting cavity
Title: House Wren in a natural nesting cavity
Location: Stansbury Mountains, West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 4/30/2019
Back view of a House Wren on a brush pile
Title: Back view of a House Wren on a brush pile
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 9/7/2018
House Wren in the Wasatch Mountains
Title: House Wren in the Wasatch Mountains
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 9/7/2018
House Wren foraging in a brush pile
Title: House Wren foraging in a brush pile
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 9/7/2018
Inquisitive House Wren on a brush pile
Title: Inquisitive House Wren on a brush pile
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 9/7/2018
Adult House Wren on the outside of its nest
Title: Adult House Wren on the outside of its nest
Location: Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/31/2018
House Wren peeking out of its nesting cavity
Title: House Wren peeking out of its nesting cavity
Location: Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/31/2018
House Wren with a yellow feather at its nest
Title: House Wren with a yellow feather at its nest
Location: Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/31/2018
House Wren with a yellow feather at its nesting cavity
Title: House Wren with a yellow feather at its nesting cavity
Location: Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/31/2018
House Wren after picking up a feather for its nest
Title: House Wren after picking up a feather for its nest
Location: Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/31/2018
House Wren leaving its nesting cavity
Title: House Wren leaving its nesting cavity
Location: Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/31/2018
House Wren perched at the opening of its nest
Title: House Wren perched at the opening of its nest
Location: Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/31/2018
House Wren checking out its nesting cavity
Title: House Wren checking out its nesting cavity
Location: Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/31/2018