[CT Birds] Re: CTBirds Digest, Vol 6849, Issue 1

[Sarah Middeleer via CTBirds]

For the last few years I had a pair of Carolina wrens in my yard. They were still here during the winter, but one didn't seem to survive the second cold snap, and the other one disappeared a short time later. No sign of any Carolina wrens since then.
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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?
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[Christina Nieves via CTBirds]

I’ve seen Carolina Wrens near the Windsor Locks Canal Park. I usually bird around the grounds right before entering the park on Windsor Locks side, between the river and canal. There’s been at least one or two there regularly and saw one yesterday.
Christina Nieves
Windsor Locks

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> On May 16, 2026, at 8:12 AM, Sarah Middeleer via CTBirds <ctb...@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote:
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> For the last few years I had a pair of Carolina wrens in my yard. They were still here during the winter, but one didn't seem to survive the second cold snap, and the other one disappeared a short time later. No sign of any Carolina wrens since then.

[Tom Baptist via CTBirds]

For six consecutive winters, Carolina wrens have wintered and then nested at our East Hampton property. This past winter however, we did not observe the wrens after the second cold snap, and no wrens are present now.

Tom Baptist
East Hampton
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> On May 16, 2026, at 8:42 AM, Christina Nieves via CTBirds <ctb...@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote:
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> I’ve seen Carolina Wrens near the Windsor Locks Canal Park. I usually bird around the grounds right before entering the park on Windsor Locks side, between the river and canal. There’s been at least one or two there regularly and saw one yesterday.

[Paul Fusco via CTBirds]

Same here in Oxford. I’m afraid that second cold snap did in the Carolina wrens.

Paul Fusco
Oxford, CT

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> On May 17, 2026, at 1:30 AM, Tom Baptist via CTBirds <ctb...@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote:
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> For six consecutive winters, Carolina wrens have wintered and then nested at our East Hampton property. This past winter however, we did not observe the wrens after the second cold snap, and no wrens are present now.

[DAN HEDDEN via CTBirds]

We had a similar situation in our yard in Cheshire; we had a pair that disappeared after the prolonged cold snap.

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> On May 16, 2026, at 4:30 PM, Sarah Middeleer via CTBirds <ctb...@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote:
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> For the last few years I had a pair of Carolina wrens in my yard. They were still here during the winter, but one didn't seem to survive the second cold snap, and the other one disappeared a short time later. No sign of any Carolina wrens since then.

[Frank Mantlik via CTBirds]

In my experience this spring,the number of Carolina Wrens is way down. And Our pair from early winter have been absent in our yard for months.

Frank Mantlik
Stratford.
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> On May 17, 2026, at 1:30 AM, Tom Baptist via CTBirds <ctb...@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote:
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> For six consecutive winters, Carolina wrens have wintered and then nested at our East Hampton property. This past winter however, we did not observe the wrens after the second cold snap, and no wrens are present now.

[Adam Fasciolo via CTBirds]

We live further south (I think) than any of the previous responders. And fortunately, our Carolina Wren pair survived the winter and have been busy in our yard all spring. It’s probably due to location. But we also have a raised shed (about 1 foot) in the back of our property, which has a gravel bed under it and butts up against the stone wall where I believe they nest. That could have given them additional shelter and access to our feeders this winter.

It’s a shame that their numbers are down overall. And I’m not sure if they were affected worse in more northern states or (hopefully) less so in places further south than Connecticut.

Adam and Jo Fasciolo
Norwalk


> On May 17, 2026, at 6:26 PM, Frank Mantlik via CTBirds <ctb...@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote:
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> In my experience this spring,the number of Carolina Wrens is way down. And Our pair from early winter have been absent in our yard for months.