It’s time for another chapter in our birds-at-home exploration. Today’s familiar companion: wrens. Let’s start at the beginning. Would you know one if you saw one? Wrens are diminutive brown birds ...

A house wren engages in its throaty song. Will it be able to attract a mate before summer is over? (John Kelly/The Washington Post) Perspective by John Kelly I’m worried that the wren in my backyard ...

Wrens are one of my favorite groups of birds. They are small, cute, and like to hide from us. That makes them challenging. But they also have songs that explode from cover and tell us which species ...

In birds, singing behaviours play a critical role in mating and territory defence. Although birdsong can signal individual quality and personality, very few studies have explored the relationship ...

There's nothing like a wren on a cold, blustery winter's day to teach a quick lesson in the resilient spirit shared by all our fine feathered friends. Although not particularly suited to cold ...

Some birds get shortchanged with the names we assign to them. The house wren and house sparrow are on top of the list. We ...