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Winter Wren -
(Troglodytes troglodytes) 

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Identification

  • Very small songbird
  • Dark brown with barring on belly
  • Pale line above eye
  • Very short tail, often held upright
  • 4" (10 cm.)

Habitat

  • Mixed coniferous-hardwood forest, streams

Additional Information

  • Uncommon migrant,
  • Uncommon to rare summer resident north and central WI
  • Has been documented nesting
         in the Reserve
  • Prefers areas with dead wood--fallen logs
         with woody debris
  • Nests and forages near water
  • Song is long, complex, and melodious

Close up of a winter wren

Winter Wren hiding among the leaves 

 

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hooçak Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hooçak and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Highway 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 
Phone: 608-625-2960 | FAX: 608-625-2962
kickapoo.reserve@krm.state.wi.us

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