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- noun Plural form of
wren .
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Examples
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Generally the favorite house of refuge of the wrens was the little spruce, into which their pursuer made no attempt to follow them.
Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs
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Prizes may be awarded for the best houses made for the more common birds, such as wrens, bluebirds, and martins.
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This spring, attract small birds such as wrens, finches and chickadees with this Seagrass Birdhouse.
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While countryside birds are increasingly being seen in gardens, the RSPB also warns that more traditionally spotted birds such as wrens and tits are at risk because they need constant food to keep their energy levels high.
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Species such as wrens and finches are in danger and robins are also at risk.
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Other small birds, such as wrens, robins and long-tailed tits, also did badly during the cold spell.
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In 1963, the hardest winter many adults can remember, there was measurable carnage among small-bodied birds, such as wrens, goldcrests and stonechats, caused not just by the cold but by their food being obscured by the snow.
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But to my eyes the goldens shrank first to robin size, then to wrens, then hummingbirds and finally gnats or motes of dust high in the tremulous ether.
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But with all of the musical derring-do extracted from the mix, Meloy's most pretentious lyrics - "The thrushes bleating battle with the wrens/Disrupts my reverie again," for instance - feel particularly grating.
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But with all of the musical derring-do extracted from the mix, Meloy's most pretentious lyrics - "The thrushes bleating battle with the wrens/Disrupts my reverie again," for instance - feel particularly grating.
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