COLUMN: Size isn’t everything, as wrens living around Salem demonstrate

Gram for gram, few birds are tougher and more aggressive than wrens.

The wren family lives mostly in the Americas. There are 79 species of wren in the Western Hemisphere.  One small bird made it across the Siberian land bridge and is now found across Eurasia.

Here in Oregon we have several species: rock, canyon, Bewick’s, house, Pacific.  Each wren is small, intense, vocal. Their songs are all rapid, musical, oft-repeated.

A wren can make…