[CT Birds] Carolina Wrens

[Paul Desjardins via CTBirds]

Paul Desjardins
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I am wondering if the severe cold this winter had an effect on Carolina Wrens as I have not seen or heard one for Hartford Audubon’s spring census. Has anyone else noticed a drop in number of this species?

Paul Desjardins
Windsor Locks

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[Christopher Loscalzo via CTBirds]

We lost our local pair of wrens with the second cold snap this winter, too. It surprised us as they seemed to be doing well until then and we had food out for them (suet and peanuts) at all times. We’ve noticed fewer Carolina Wrens wherever we’ve gone birding in CT this spring. The first objective measure of their apparent population decline will come next month with the summer bird counts. It seems likely that their numbers will be down by at least 50%. The good news is that this has happened before and they have recovered quickly and well after previous super cold winters.
Chris Loscalzo and Marianne Vahey
Woodbridge
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[Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds]

Sadly - most definitely.  My resident pair has vanished, although a new male was signing here yesterday.
Angela Dimmitt
New Milford

[Jonathan Green via CTBirds]

I found my local Carolina wrench flightless after a large snow this winter,
and caught it and brought it to a rehabber. While I was there, the rehabber
informed me that she and other rehabbers were receiving many more than they
usually get. They are a southern species pushing north m, and we haven’t
had a winter like that in years. It’s very probable that the season wiped
out a large number.
Jonathan Green
Vernon

[mary mushinsky via CTBirds]

We lost our pair, too. At first we lost the male, while the female hung on living under the bicycle tarp, but then she also disappeared. It was a very tough winter for southern birds.Mary Mushinsky, Wallingford 


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----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Christopher Loscalzo via CTBirds" <ctb...@lists.ctbirding.org> To: "Birds CT" <ctb...@lists.ctbirding.org> Cc: Sent: Sun, May 17, 2026 at 8:34 PM Subject: [CT Birds] Carolina Wrens We lost our local pair of wrens with the second cold snap this winter, too. It surprised us as they seemed to be doing well until then and we had food out for them (suet and peanuts) at all times. We’ve noticed fewer Carolina Wrens wherever we’ve gone birding in CT this spring. The first objective measure of their apparent population decline will come next month with the summer bird counts. It seems likely that their numbers will be down by at least 50%.  The good news is that this has happened before and they have recovered quickly and well after previous super cold winters.

[Jim Zipp via CTBirds]

Hamden/Cheshire line yard. Bummer on the Carolina Wren numbers.  Happy to say we still have ours and they have fledged the first batch in our barn about a week ago.  Almost stepped on one young one in my shop out there and then heard the chicks peeping from all over.  That's when I abandon my shop for a couple days to let them clear out.  Adults still going in and out getting ready to start again.  Usually 3 batches.

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