Wrens

[John Gryphon]

Like little terriers they punch above their weight. As soon as i park the old ute in the drive way they land on the external mirrors and get into their reflections.
I will be getting out of my door and they are already into the war. I often forget to wind the windows up and they spend hours schitting on the sills,i dont mind s i do love these little gems.
Not the cock bird is only just starting to come into his blue breeding plumage...they are dandy`s well fully attired.

 

[Kjf]

Nice one John ,

Top pic look like our sparrows and bottom pic is like one of our blue tits

Very similar to our little fellas over here

Kjf

 

[willie_gunn]

Lovely photos John

From the look of that window ledge quite a few have used the ute door as a perch!

I always think of our wrens as the little reprobates of the bird world.

Their shrill alarm chirrup belies their ability to sing beautifully.

Little wonder they’re sometimes known as the King of Birds.

 

[Max]

Lovely photos John

From the look of that window ledge quite a few have used the ute door as a perch!

I always think of our wrens as the little reprobates of the bird world.

Their shrill alarm chirrup belies their ability to sing beautifully.

Little wonder they’re sometimes known as the King of Birds.


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Great pictures of my favourite bird. When I was a kid I always hung onto the farthings because the Wren was on them.
Thats really showing my age

 

[John Gryphon]

Fidgety little b stewards that need a better set up to what i had in my hand today. They were jumping all over the place like blue arsed flies and wont sit still for a min.

 

[John Gryphon]

Top pic look like our sparrows

Put the bottle down KJ...if you reckon they look like a sparrow you are drinking too much lol.



This bloke is in full breeding livery.

 

[User00025]

I much prefer the ones you find on ships. You can get a lot more fun when they jump about.

 

[John Gryphon]

Jump about..you mean jump ON!

Australia has an incredible array of Wrens and some of the colours are simply awesome.
I have only two here, the above Fairy Wrens and our Scrub Wrens.

australian wren species at DuckDuckGo

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[John Gryphon]

Have a squiz at some striking colours here.

A guide to Australia’s fairy-wrens

Fairy-wrens are among the most beautiful birds in Australia, but they have quirky personalities too. Here, you can get to know all 10 species.

www.australiangeographic.com.au

 

[Kjf]

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Put the bottle down KJ...if you reckon they look like a sparrow you are drinking too much lol.

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This bloke is in full breeding livery.

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Bill oddie, I aint lol

Lil birdies to me lol

Kjf

 

[kimh]

I had a relationship with a Wren and her name was Jenny, thanks for the memory

 

[John Gryphon]

believe it or not our Fairy Wren females are known as "Jenny Wrens"

 

[User00035]

Our wrens are bolshie little sods. I used to have a pair nesting in the porch roof just above the front door. The cock bird (I assume) would sometimes come into the house if I left the door open and he'd perch on the back of the sofa and got very annoyed with me when I came in and try to shoo me out again. Wrens are referred to as "scolding". I think if I could speak wren, mine was doing more than scold. More like a full-on four letter tirade. And it was my bloody house...

 

[foxinmad]

believe it or not our Fairy Wren females are known as "Jenny Wrens"

Aye, that's what we call them also John, Wee Jenny Wrens

 

[Hayduke]

Lovely photos John

From the look of that window ledge quite a few have used the ute door as a perch!

I always think of our wrens as the little reprobates of the bird world.

Their shrill alarm chirrup belies their ability to sing beautifully.

Little wonder they’re sometimes known as the King of Birds.


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Stunning photos Willie Gunn.

I always thought it was a bit unkind that the bonny wee things got the scientific name: Troglodytes troglodytes!

It must be tough having to eek out an existence in the depths of winter when there is little around to eat, and many bigger prettier birds have long migrated to warmer climes. I like seeing the flash of movement in the woods, and hearing their shrill call reminds me winter isn't as dead and dormant as it seems.

 

[User00025]

Jump about..you mean jump ON!

Australia has an incredible array of Wrens and some of the colours are simply awesome.
I have only two here, the above Fairy Wrens and our Scrub Wrens.

australian wren species at DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo. Privacy, Simplified.

duckduckgo.com

No you Aussies only want em to jump on, I like em to jump about once on.

 

[John Gryphon]

haa de haaa haa

 

[Chanty Wrassler]

Two wrens fell into Pompey harbour and they pulled out four blue tits

 

[John Gryphon]

two more wrens snapped at home after my morns stalking.

 

[John Gryphon]

I took a few more of the new feathers this morn.