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UrbScotty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 04:37 PM
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And now, your moment of Wren
Sir Christopher Wren, that is:

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jellybelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 04:40 PM
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1. and...
your moment of Ken
your moment of Pen
your moment of Ten
your moment of Hen
your moment of Men (ooh good one)
do em' all!
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da_chimperor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 04:41 PM
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2. Ken is taken care of
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Baclava Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 04:42 PM
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3. Troglodytes troglodytes
Winter Wren



Identification Tips:
Length: 3.25 inches
Short, thin bill
Indistinct supercilium
Reddish-brown upperparts (more reddish in eastern United States birds)
Buffy breast with dark barring on belly and undertail coverts
Wings and tail barred with black
Very short tail frequently held upright
Pink legs
Sexes similar
Frequently found very near the ground in brush piles, root tangles and along stream banks
Similar species:
Other wrens with indistinct superciliums are House, Sedge and Rock Wrens. Winter Wren is more reddish-brown above, darker below and has a shorter tail. Sedge Wren is streaked with white on the crown and back. Rock Wren is larger with a contrast between the gray back and brown rump and has buffy tips to the tail.

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Gothic Sponge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 04:42 PM
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4. Ren
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Goathead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 04:58 PM
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5. The Wren building at W&M
Edited on Mon Dec-27-04 04:59 PM by Goathead
there is some contention on whether Christopher Wren actually designed it, though it is attributed to him.


on edit: oops!
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 05:22 PM
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6. Wren hen?
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