Audio recording of a less exploratory male fairy-wren song. Credit: D Colombelli-Négrel (Flinders University) First, the birds were captured to measure their personality in short-term captivity.

“There is madness about thee, and joy divine In that song of thine.” THE song of the winter wren is something that must be heard to be appreciated ; words can no more describe it than they can paint ...

Wrens are one of my favorite groups of birds. They are small, cute, and like to hide from us. That makes them challenging. But they also have songs that explode from cover and tell us which species ...