Thryothorus Ludovicianus
Order Passeriformes – Family Troglodytidae
Adult.— Upper parts rich reddish-brown; line over eye whitish; throat white; breast and belly washed with buff.
Nest, bulky, of sticks, etc., in a hole in a tree or in some cavity about buildings.
Eggs, whitish, speckled about the larger end with reddish-brown.
The Carolina Wren is a very rare permanent resident of southern Rhode Island and southern Connecticut, and a rather common summer resident of the eastern slope of the Palisades; it occasionally wanders into Massachusetts. The bird’s favorite haunts are brushy tangles. If a male is anywhere about he can hardly be overlooked; he is a constant singer,even in winter, and his song is so loud and clear that it can be heard easily a quarter of a mile away. It consists of short phrases of from two to four notes repeated again and again in a loud clear whistle. These phrases vary greatly; some of the common forms may be written twip’pity, twip’pity; whiddy you’, whiddy you’ whiddy you’; thrilou, thri’ou, thrilou. Certain phrases suggest notes both of the Cardinal and the Tufted Tit; a beginner should make a careful study of the notes of these three species. The alarm-note is a rather smooth peurr.
A Carolina Wren is easily recognized by its wren-like behavior, by the rich brown of its upper parts, and by the conspicuous whitish line over its eye.
Hoffmann – A Guide to the Birds of New England and Eastern New York (1904)