Migrants and summer residents include the black-headed grosbeak, Baltimore oriole, ash-throated flycatcher, western wood pewee, house wren, several warblers, and the lesser goldfinch.

The house Wren had grown up in had been smaller than this apartment.

This year, a house wren chose a pot of artemisia on a bench outside the greenhouse as a nesting site.

Long-absent birds now nesting in the park include the warbling vireo, northern oriole, red-tailed hawk and house wren as well as the more visible waterfowl.

A chubby house wren watched the whole proceedings, but rather than join the foray, the wren kept on with his bug hunting in other shrubbery.

Many birds that live in brushlands are also reported to be thriving, including the Northern oriole, house wren and indigo bunting.

They are named Troglodytes aedon and Mimus polyglottos (the scientific names, in genus and species, of the house wren and the mockingbird, respectively).

There is also the musical tune of the house wren or the sweetness provided by the song sparrow.

Linda A. Whittingham of the University of Wisconsin wants to develop a better way to nail down the paternity of the house wren.

Johnson, Kermott, and Lien conducted a study on the house wren (Trglodytes aedon) showing that there were inherent polygyny costs to these female populations, also.