Infobox nrhp name WrenBuilding, College of William and Mary nrhp type nhl image Wren3.jpg caption The front of the WrenBuilding behind a snow covered Lord Botetourt statue location Williamsburg, Virginia ... nhl detail.cfm?ResourceId 707&ResourceType Building title WrenBuilding, College of William and Mary ... The WrenBuilding is the signature building of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia Williamsburg , Virginia , USA. Along with the Brafferton building Brafferton and President s House, these buildings form the College s Historic Campus. Construction of the first building on this site ... Building was modeled by Sir Christopher Wren . Perry Shaw and Hepburn s restoration reflects ..., still exist. Uses of the building File Wren back.jpg thumb 180px left The rear of the WrenBuilding ... where three people are reading a statue s description left 240px The Sir Christopher WrenBuilding ... file The WrenBuilding is the oldest academic building in continuous use in the United States ... http www.colonialwilliamsburg.com Almanack places hb hbwren.cfm Colonial Williamsburg WrenBuilding ... Hall . Accessed April 5, 2007. ref The WrenBuilding, previously known simply as The College ... religious services, and lived in the WrenBuilding. After the destruction of Virginia s former ... Log Ceremony, the College s holiday celebration, is held every year at the WrenBuilding, typically ... Building, the Brafferton, and the President s House proportionally arranged in the College yard. With the Wren ... as the blueprint for the WrenBuilding s restoration in the 1920s and 1930s, little was known about ... Britain Queen Anne . A second fire ravaged the building in 1859, and when it was rebuilt, the Wren ... William and Mary History of the WrenBuilding http www.history.org Almanack places hb hbwren.cfm Colonial Williamsburg WrenBuilding W&M Colonial Williamsburg Registered Historic Places Category ... seconds 33 long direction W locmapin Virginia area built 1695 architect Christopher Wren architecture ... more details
dablink This article is about the bird family. For other uses of the word wren, see Wren disambiguation . Taxobox name Wrens image Cistothorus palustris Iona.jpg image width 240px image caption Marsh Wren ... wrens in about 20 genus genera . The genus eponymous of the family is Troglodytes wren Troglodytes . Only the Eurasian Wren occurs in the Old World , where in Anglophone regions it is commonly known simply as the wren as it is the originator of the name. The name wren has been applied to other unrelated birds, particularly the New Zealand wren s Acanthisittidae and the Australian wrens Maluridae ... lizards. ref name HBW Name and use of the term wren The English name wren derives from Middle English ... , but Suolahti 1909 rejects this as unlikely. ref The wren is also known as kuningilin kinglet in Old .... The name wren is also ascribed to Wren disambiguation other families of passerine birds throughout ... Firecrest and Goldcrest as fire crested wren and golden crested wren , respectively. The 27 Australasia n wren species in the family Maluridae are unrelated, as are the New Zealand wren s in the family Acanthisittidae, the antwrens in the family Thamnophilidae , and the wren babblers of the family Timaliidae . Description Wrens are medium small to very small birds. The Eurasian Wren is among the smallest ... in that part of the world. They range in size from the White bellied Wren , which averages under convert 10 cm in and convert 9 g oz , to the Giant Wren , which averages about convert 22 cm in and weighs ... to common names such as Song Wren , Musician Wren , Flutist Wren and Southern Nightingale Wren . ref name HBW Habitat and distribution File Cobb s Wren.png thumb Cobb s Wren is an insular endemism ... . As suggested by its name, the Eurasian Wren is the only species of wren found outside the Americas ... Wren and Pacific Wren of North America . There are a number of insular species, including the Clarion Wren and Socorro Wren from the Revillagigedo Islands in the Pacific Ocean, and the Cobb s Wren ... more details
AM licensed to Carrollton, Alabama WrenBuilding , the oldest academic building in the USA, at the College ...wiktionarypar wren TOCright Wren may refer to Organisms A small bird from one of four families Troglodytidae ... a flowering plant , R. ludlowii x E. keiskei Yaku Fairy People Alan Wren born 1964 , English rock drummer Bob Wren born 1974 , Canadian ice hockey player Christopher Wren 1632 1723 , English architect and scientist Frank Wren born 1958 , American baseball executive John Wren 1871 1953 , Australian businessman M. K. Wren born 1938 , American author Matthew Wren 1585 1667 , English clergyman and scholar P. C. Wren 1875 1941 , British author Thomas Wren 1826 1904 , American politician Wren Blackberry , American teacher and author Wren Blair born 1925 , a former Canadian ice hockey coach Fictional characters Wren, a scientist from the movie Alien Resurrection The Wren, an escape artist from the movie Cube film Cube Wren Elessedil , a character from the Heritage of Shannara series of fantasy novels Wren character , the orphanage director assigned name of the protagonist of a series of fantasy fiction books by Sherwood Smith Wren Phantasy Star III Wren Phantasy Star III , an android from the video game Phantasy Star III Wren Phantasy Star IV Wren Phantasy Star IV , a different android from the video game Phantasy Star IV Wren MacPherson, the third and last child of Darryl and Wanda McPherson in the comic strip Baby Blues Wren Natsworthy , daughter to Tom and Hester Natsworthy in the last installments of Phillip Reeve s Mortal Engines Quartet Wren Douglas, a plus sized model and author in Significant Others , the fifth book in Armistead Maupin s Tales of the City series. Places Wren, Alabama Wren, Mississippi , village Wren, Ohio , village Wren, Oregon , unincorporated community Wren, Virginia , unincorporated community Wrens, Georgia , small city Other Wren s , the nickname ... in the 19th century. They built their nests in the furze covered area surrounding the camp. Wren ... more details
parents murder. After being evacuated to a building in the hills, Tess raises the alarm to Wren, Tyron, and Conor using the summons rings which they began using after the events of Wren to the Rescue ...infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Wren s War image Image Wren s War Firebird 2004 .jpg prefer first edition image caption 2004 Firebird paperback edition cover author Sherwood Smith country USA language English language English series Wren series genre ... 14 240162 0 Firebird 2004 edition, paperback preceded by Wren s Quest followed by Wren Journeymage As of March 2007, Wren s War remains the final Wren book all of which are set in the east of the Great Desert region of Sartorias deles Wren s World that world . The sequel to Wren s War , tentatively titled Wren Journeymage , remains less than forthcoming. ref https www.sff.net people sherwood youngadult.html ... for all three books Firebird edition was done by the same person, then the cover art for Wren s War ... www.amazon.com dp 0142401625 Amazon.com Wren s War Wren Books Books Sherwood Smith Bot generated title ... Sartorias deles List of Nations Meldrith which had been feared in Wren to the Rescue . Senna Lirwan ... Rhisadel Queen . These events take place while Wren is on vacation in Alat Los . As part of the plot ... not yet evenly spread throughout Meldrith s lands. Wren and Tyron, having been successfully recalled ... when all seems lost. Idres Rhiscarlan supplies Wren with a shape change necklace. necklace Wren ... major earthquakes and other such damage. Wren observes that such an announcement would have been ..., he appears by teleportaion to disrupt the attempt, but Wren s tricky nature prevails, trapping ... tip of Samar Djur. Trivia It becomes noticeable that events cause Wren Character Wren to transform into a different animal in each of the three books. A dog in Wren to the Rescue , a merfolk in Wren s Quest , and a bird in Wren s War . The only cover art which has not in any edition represented ... more details
the start of the new building and the declaration by parliament of its completion in 1711. Wren ... and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia , in the United States of America is named The WrenBuilding ...Infobox scientist name Sir Christopher Michael Wren image Christopher Wren by Godfrey Kneller 1711.jpg 300px image width 180px caption Sir Christopher Wren in Godfrey Kneller s 1711 portrait birth date ... of Oxford known for Designer of 54 List of Christopher Wren churches in London churches including ... Great Fire footnotes Sir Christopher Wren 20 October 1632 &ndash 25 February 1723 is one of the most ... sir 20christopher 20wren title Wren, Sir Christopher Biography from Answers.com publisher www.answers.com accessdate 2009 09 06 ref He was responsible for rebuilding List of Christopher Wren ... and Aristotelian physics at the University of Oxford , Wren was a notable astronomer , geometer ... . Biography Early life and education Wren was born at East Knoyle in Wiltshire , the only surviving son of Christopher Wren dean Christopher Wren DD 1589 1658 , at that time the rector of East Knoyle and later Dean of Windsor . A previous child of Dr Wren, also named Christopher, was born on 22 November ... twentieth century literature. As a child Wren seem d consumptive . ref C. Wren Parentalia, or, Memoirs ... Wren s life at Windsor. Little also is known of Wren s schooling. The story that he was at Westminster ... of mathematics by Dr William Holder , who married Wren s elder sister Susan or Susanna in 1643. During this time period, Wren manifested an interest in the design and construction of mechanical instruments. It was probably through Holder that Wren met Sir Charles Scarburgh whom Wren assisted in his anatomical studies. On 25 June 1650, Wren entered Wadham College, Oxford where he studied Latin ... sense. However, Wren became closely associated with John Wilkins , who served as warden in Wadham ... influenced Wren s studies of science and mathematics at college. He graduated B.A. in 1651, and three ... more details
disambig Hunting the Wren may refer to Cutty Wren or its variants like The Hunting of the Wren a traditional English folk song Wren Day , also known as Wren s Day , Hunt the Wren Day or The Hunting of the Wrens , celebrated on 26 December in Ireland , the Isle of Man , Wales and Newfoundland and Labrador . ... more details
The Wren Library applies to at least two famous library libraries in the UK that were designed by Sir Christopher Wren . Wren Library, Cambridge Wren Library, Lincoln disambig Category Libraries in England ... more details
Blue wren is a colloquial name used to refer to several species of wren Superb Fairy wren , found in southeastern Australia Splendid Fairy wren , found in southwestern Australia disambig ... more details
morefootnotes date October 2010 Taxobox name Eurasian Wren status LC status system IUCN3.1 status ref ... familia Troglodytidae genus Troglodytes wren Troglodytes small disputed small subgenus T. Nannus ... Linnaeus , 1758 synonyms Nannus troglodytes The Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes , is a very small bird , and the only member of the wren family Troglodytidae found in Eurasia . In Anglophone Europe it is commonly known simply as the Wren . It was once lumped with Troglodytes hiemalis of eastern North America and Troglodytes pacificus of western North America as the Winter Wren. It is also highly ... of the Socorro Wren Thryomanes sissonii . Auk journal Auk 122 1 50 56. English with Spanish abstract ... File Troglodytes1.jpg right thumb Adult and chick The 9 10.5 cm long Wren is rufous brown ... subspecies orii , the Daito Winter Wren , became extinct around 1940 if it is indeed a valid ... , and the third T. t. fridariensis to Fair Isle . The St Kilda Wren is greyer above, whiter beneath, and with more abundant bars on the back the Shetland Wren and Fair Isle Wren are darker. Taxonomy Recent ... species group within Troglodytes , and have shown that two other groups, the Timberline Wren Thryorchilus ... designation of Troglodytes pacificus with the common name of Pacific Wren . By applying a molecular ... pmid 15347509 ref Ecology This small, stump tailed Wren is almost as familiar in Europe as the European ... fed a spider or harvestman The male Wren builds several bird nest nests , up to 6 or 7. These are called ... of a building, but it is often built in bushes, overhanging boughs or the litter which accumulates ... in April, and second broods are reared. The eggs of the St. Kilda Wren are marginally larger and often ... territory. ref Burn J. L., 1996, Polygyny and the Wren, D.Phil thesis, University of Oxford ref ... the Wren is the King of the Birds. According a fable of Aesop , long ago the birds held a contest ... the Eagle would win easily. But just as the Eagle began to tire, the Wren, which had hidden ... more details
Wren is the main character in the Wren books by Sherwood Smith . The three books in this series are Wren to the Rescue , Wren s Quest , and Wren s War . A fourth book, Wren Journeymage , has been written, but it is yet to be published. Wren s physical appearance is largely indistinguishable from a Western Europe northwestern European ethnic groups European Terran . Sherwood Smith Books fantasy stub lit char stub Category Characters in written fiction ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Wren Natsworthy is a character from Philip Reeve s Mortal Engines Quartet ... in bravery and appearance is often noted in the series. Infernal Devices Wren first appears ... back to the outside world. However, the Lost Boys trick and steal the Tin Book off her. Wren ..., before Wren and Fishcake get to Grimsby, they come across Brighton, a Traction City of which Nimrod Pennyroyal is mayor. Brighton captures their limpet submarine and Wren is sold as a slave to Pennyroyal by Nabisco Skhin, a slave dealer and head of the Skhin Corporation. Wren spends the next ... who used to fly Green Storm tumblers. However he refuses, so Wren tries to steal Pennyroyal s air ... and escapes punishment. Meanwhile, her father, Tom, is captured by the Skhin Corporation and Wren is forced to steal back the Tin Book from Pennyroyal, who kept it after Wren was caught, for Skhin. Wren asks Theo Ngoni for help and he agrees. Together they steal the Tin Book from Pennyroyal s safe ... the same night Wren steals it. Wren and Theo are captured by the Green Storm who take the Tin Book ... airship which Pennyroyal took in Predator s Gold . However, Wren has learned from Pennyroyal about ... is about to kill Pennyroyal until Wren blurts out her secret. Tom confronts Hester, who flees into the desert, in despair. Tom suffers a heart attack but Wren and Theo help him and Pennyroyal onto the Jenny Haniver and fly off. A Darkling Plain Wren and her father have been traveling and trading ... ,however, gives her name as Cruwys Morchard and denies knowing Tom. Tom is unsatisfied and Wren ... and begin preparations. Tom and Wren move the Jenny Haniver to Wolf s suburb, Harrowbarrow ..., they are forbidden to leave, making Wren suspicious. After some snooping around, Wren and Wolf stumble on to New London, a town which the Londoners are building, powered by magnetic levitation ... to London with Harrowbarrow to devour their new city. A few weeks later, Wren is on a patrol ... more details
about the Dudley Wren s Nest housing estate Wren s Nest Estate the U.S. National Historic Landmark in Atlanta, Georgia Joel Chandler Harris Home Image Wren s Nest Dudley Beach geograph.org.uk 2323268.jpg thumb right Dudley Beach 250px The Wren s Nest is a Nature reserve United Kingdom National Nature Reserve NNR located to the north west of the town centre of Dudley , West Midlands county West Midlands , England . ref name dudley.gov.uk http www.dudley.gov.uk leisure and culture museums galleries dudley museum art gallery dudleys heritage wrens nest national nature reserve ref ref name news.bbc.co.uk ... wren nest nature reserve.shtml ref ref http www.pagemost.com Wren s Nest National Nature Reserve West Midlands ref The Wren s Nest National Nature Reserve Ancent history The Wren s Nest National .... ref name geograph.org.uk Wren s Nest Hill was extensively quarried during the Industrial Revolution for building stone and calcium oxide lime production. ref name dudley.gov.uk ref name news.bbc.co.uk ... of the Industrial Revolution , was born on Wren s Nest hill in 1678. ref name news.bbc.co.uk The caves ... Victorians installed the first industrial steam engine here, next to the Wren s Nest, before ..., Wren s Nest and the nearby Dudley Castle Castle Hill were declared Scheduled Ancient Monuments as they represented .... ref name flickr.com http www.flickr.com photos 24112096 N02 5079059822 ref The Wren s Nest is a site ... details.cfm?sssi id 1004000 title Wren s Nest Site of Special Scientific Interest ref The Wren s Nest ... 3DRevised New Series 3D15&x 67&y 33 ref 1903 O.S. map illistrates and was cut back by the Wren ... basin that lead to the Dudley Canal at the Dudley Tunnel . ref name news.bbc.co.uk The Wren s Nest Estate main Wren s Nest Estate The Wren s Nest Estate was originally Council house council housing ... Wren s Nest Nature Reserve http www.geograph.org.uk search.php?i 5292682 Photos of some of the geological sites around the Wren s Nest locality References Reflist Category National Nature Reserves ... more details
morefootnotes date October 2010 Taxobox name Pacific Wren status LC status system IUCN3.1 status ref ref name BirdLife cite web title BirdLife International Species factsheet Troglodytes troglodytes author publisher BirdLife International url http www.birdlife.org datazone species index.html?action SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid 6968&m 0 accessdate 2007 11 20 ref image Troglodytes pacificus young US NPS.jpg image width image caption a juvenile in California, USA regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Troglodytidae genus Troglodytes wren Troglodytes small disputed small subgenus T. Nannus species T. pacificus binomial Troglodytes pacificus binomial authority S. F. Baird, 1864 synonyms Nannus pacificus The Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus is a very small North America n bird and a member of the mainly New World wren family Troglodytidae . It was once lumped with Troglodytes hiemalis of eastern North America and Troglodytes troglodytes of Eurasia as the Winter Wren. It breeds along the Pacific coast from Alaska to California and inland as far as Wyoming and the Black Hills of South Dakota . It migrates through and winters across the western half of the United States and Canada . The scientific name is taken from the Greek language Greek word troglodytes from trogle a hole, and dyein to creep , meaning cave dweller , and refers to its habit of disappearing ... Wren . By applying a molecular clock to the amount of mitochondrial DNA sequence divergence between ... doi 10.1098 rspb.2004.2803 pmid 15347509 ref Ecology The Pacific Wren nests mostly in coniferous forest ... into a hole in a wall, tree trunk, crack in a rock or corner of a building, but it is often ... Winter Wren Page http www.sdakotabirds.com species winter wren info.htm South Dakota Birds Winter Wren Page Category Birds of Canada Wren, Winter Category Birds of the United States Wren, Winter Category Native birds of Alaska Wren, Winter Category North American migratory birds Wren, Winter Category ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2009 Notability date July 2009 Infobox character name Wren Elessedil series Shannara image nickname gender Female first Heritage of Shannara The Scions of Shannara Scions of Shannara last species lbl21 data21 lbl22 data22 Wren Elessedil is a fictional character from The Heritage of Shannara by Terry Brooks . citation needed date January 2011 DEFAULTSORT Elessedil, Wren Category Shannara characters Category Characters from The Heritage of Shannara Shannara stub it Wren Elessedil ... more details
distinguish HMS Wrenn Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Wren after the wren bird . HMS Wren D88 Wren , a V and W class destroyer launched at Yarrow Shipbuilders Yarrow in 1919 and sunk by aircraft off Aldeburgh on 27 July 1940. HMS Wren U28 Wren , a Black Swan class sloop Modified Black Swan class sloop launched on 11 August 1942 and, as part of Captain Frederic John Walker Frederic Walker s Second Escort Group, assisted in the sinking of several U boat s. Broken up in 1956. References colledge cite web url http uboat.net allies warships ship 3921.html title HMS Wren ii U 28 work Uboat.net accessdate 2006 12 17 cite web url http www.bbc.co.uk ww2peopleswar stories 63 a5024963.shtml title WW2 People s War Walkers Own HMS Wren work WW2 People s War BBC website accessdate 2006 12 17 Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Wren, Hms Category Royal Navy ship names fi HMS Wren ... more details
Taxobox name Musician Wren image CyphorhinusKeulemans.jpg image caption Subspecies C. a. salvini left , and C. a. modulator right , illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans Keulemans , 1881 status LC status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Wren Troglodytidae genus Cyphorhinus species C. arada binomial Cyphorhinus arada binomial authority Johann Hermann Hermann , 1783 synonyms Cyphorhinus salvini Cyphorhinus modulator The Musician Wren or Organ Wren Cyphorhinus arada is a species of wren named for its elaborate song. It is native to the Amazon Rainforest in South America , and west and southwestwards into the Amazonian Andes. Infonatura Rangemap In Brazilian Portuguese Portuguese it is known as Uirapuru or many other variants of this name, all based on the Tupi Guarani wirapu ru . Especially in Brazil , the Musician Wren is the subject of several legends and fables, most relating to its loud and beautiful song. One of these tells that when it starts singing all other birds stop their song to hear it. The Musician Wren is also believed to bring good luck, which leads some people to kill it in order to have it stuffed. citation ... Wren, due to its large range and being locally fairly common, is not considered Threatened species ... Wren. Xeno Canto America. http www.mma.gov.br port cgmi nossoamb cantoaves wav uirapuru.au Song of a Musician Wren in au file format au format , from the Brazilian Government . Category Cyphorhinus Category Birds of the Amazon Basin Wren, Musician Category Birds of the Guianas Wren, Musician Category Birds of Venezuela Wren, Musician Category Birds of Colombia Category Birds of Ecuador Wren, Musician Category Birds of Peru Wren, Musician Category Birds of Bolivia Wren, Musician Category Birds of Guyana Wren, Musician Category Birds of Suriname Wren, Musician Category Birds of French Guiana Wren, Musician Category Birds of Brazil Wren, Musician Troglodytidae stub es Cyphorinus arada ... more details
morefootnotes date October 2010 Taxobox name Winter Wren status LC status system IUCN3.1 status ref ref name BirdLife cite web title BirdLife International Species factsheet Troglodytes troglodytes author publisher BirdLife International url http www.birdlife.org datazone species index.html?action SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid 6968&m 0 accessdate 2007 11 20 ref image Troglodytes hiemalis Chicago IL.jpg image width 300px image caption a migrant photographed in Chicago , IL, USA regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Troglodytidae genus Troglodytes wren Troglodytes small disputed small subgenus T. Nannus species T. hiemalis binomial Troglodytes hiemalis binomial authority Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot Viellot , 1819 synonyms Olbiorchilus hiemalis br Nannus hiemalis The Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis is a very small North American bird and a member of the mainly New World wren family Troglodytidae . It was once lumped with Troglodytes pacificus of western North America and Troglodytes troglodytes of Eurasia under the name Winter Wren. It breeds in coniferous forest s from British Columbia to the Atlantic Ocean. It migrates through and winters across southeastern Canada , the eastern half the United States and rarely north eastern Mexico . Small ... level designation of Troglodytes pacificus with the common name of Pacific Wren . By applying ... pmid 15347509 ref Ecology The Winter Wren nests mostly in coniferous forests, especially those ..., tree trunk, crack in a rock or corner of a building, but it is often built in bushes, overhanging ... AllAboutBirds BirdGuide Winter Wren.html Cornell Lab of Ornithology Winter Wren Page http www.sdakotabirds.com species winter wren info.htm South Dakota Birds Winter Wren Page Category Birds of Canada Wren, Winter Category Birds of the United States Wren, Winter Category North American migratory birds Wren, Winter Category Fauna of the Arctic Link FA ru ast Troglodytes troglodytes bar ... more details
about the North American bird the New Zealand bird New Zealand Rockwren Taxobox name Rock Wren status LC status system IUCN3.1 image Rock Wren.jpg regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Wren Troglodytidae genus Salpinctes genus authority Jean Cabanis Cabanis , 1847 species S. obsoletus binomial Salpinctes obsoletus binomial authority Thomas Say Say , 1823 The Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus is a small songbird of the wren family. It is the Monotypic taxon only species in the genus Salpinctes . The 12 cm long adults have grey brown upperparts with small black and white spots and pale grey underparts with a light brown rump. They have a light grey line over the eye, a long slightly decurved thin beak bill , a long barred tail and dark legs. Their breeding ... obsoletus http www.darvillsrareprints.com images images Audubon rock wren.jpg Rock Wren by John Audubon http www.birds.cornell.edu AllAboutBirds BirdGuide Rock Wren.html Rock Wren Cornell Lab of Ornithology ... 1&lgfromWhere &curPageNum 1 Rock Wren eNature.com http sdakotabirds.com species rock wren info.htm Rock Wren South Dakota Birds http www.mbr pwrc.usgs.gov id framlst i7150id.html Rock Wren USGS Patuxent ... images&AGE All&SEX All&ACT All&Search Search&VIEW All&ORIENTATION All&RESULTS 24 Rock Wren ... to Canada , and Non Breeding Resident Category Genera of birds Category Birds of North America Wren, Rock Category Birds of Canada Wren, Rock Category Native birds of Southwestern Canada Wren, Rock Category Birds of the United States Wren, Rock Category Native birds of the Western United States Wren, Rock Category Birds of Mexico Wren, Rock Category Birds of Baja Peninsula Mexico Wren, Rock Category Birds of Central America Wren, Rock Category Birds of Guatemala Wren, Rock Category Birds of Honduras Wren, Rock Category Birds of El Salvador Wren, Rock Category Birds of Nicaragua Wren, Rock Category Birds of Costa Rica Wren, Rock Category Western North American migratory birds Wren, Rock Category ... more details
WrenWren day also known as Wren s day , Hunt the Wren Day or The Hunting of the Wrens lang ga L an Dreoil n ... and Labrador Newfoundland . The tradition consists of hunting a fake wren, and putting it on top of a decorated pole. Then the crowds of mummers or strawboys celebrate the Winter WrenWren ... In past times, an actual bird was hunted by Wrentboys on St. Stephen s Day. The captured wren was tied to the Wrenboy leader s staff pole. The captured wren would be kept alive as the popular mummers ... with ribbons, wreaths and flowers, as well as the Wren, was the center of the dance. Over time ... in Western Europe, which by itself is already indicative of a Celtic origin theorize that the Wren ... used the wren in augury and might have studied its flight, amongst other birds, to derive ... or midwinter sacrifice and or celebration, as Celtic mythology considered the Wren a symbol of the past year see Handbook of Birds of the World the European wren is known for its habit of singing even in mid winter, and sometimes explicitly called Winter Wren Celtic names of the Wren draouennig .... Various associated legends exist, such as a Wren being responsible for betraying Irish soldiers who ... times. Despite the abandonment of the wren killing practice, devoted Wrenboys continue to ensure that the Gaels Gaelic tradition of celebrating the Wren continues. Songs In 1955 Liam Clancy recorded The Wran Song the Wren song , which was sung in Ireland by Wrenboys. In 1972 Steeleye Span recorded The King ... Wren , on their album Time . Hunting the Wren is on John Kirkpatrick musician John Kirkpatrick s album ... been revived in Suffolk in the 1990s. See also St. Stephen s Day Jonkonnu parades Cutty Wren Mummer ... 1&REC 1 Archived audio recording of The Wren Song, sung by Will Murphy, Colliers, Newfoundland http www.mudcat.org thread.cfm?threadid 17900 Discussions about the Wren song http www.lynxeds.com family ... of the Wren performed on Man http www.dingle peninsula.ie wren.html Hunting the Wren on the Dingle ... more details
Infobox planet minorplanet yes width 25em bgcolour FFFFC0 apsis name Wren symbol image caption discovery yes discovery ref discoverer E. Bowell discovery site Flagstaff AM discovered December 14, 1982 designations yes mp name 3062 alt names 1982 XC named after Christopher Wren mp category orbit ref epoch May 14, 2008 aphelion 3.3494229 perihelion 2.6889059 semimajor eccentricity 0.1093874 period 1916.1458387 avg speed inclination 11.33840 asc node 110.40429 mean anomaly 352.55330 arg peri 270.69053 satellites physical characteristics yes dimensions mass density surface grav escape velocity sidereal day axial tilt pole ecliptic lat pole ecliptic lon albedo 0.1357 temperatures temp name1 mean temp 1 max temp 1 temp name2 max temp 2 spectral type abs magnitude 10.80 3062 Wren 1982 XC is a Asteroid belt main belt asteroid discovered on December 14, 1982 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff AM . References references External links http ssd.jpl.nasa.gov sbdb.cgi?sstr 3062 Wren JPL Small Body Database Browser on 3062 Wren Minor planets navigator 3061 Cook 3063 Makhaon Small Solar System bodies DEFAULTSORT Wren Category Discoveries by Edward Bowell Category Main Belt asteroids Category Asteroids named for people Category Astronomical objects discovered in 1982 beltasteroid stub fa it 3062 Wren hu 3062 Wren ja pl 3062 Wren pt 3062 Wren sk 3062 Wren sr 3062 Wren ... more details
NOTOC DISPLAYTITLE Troglodytes wren Taxobox name Troglodytes image Troglodytes musculus.jpg image width image caption Southern House Wren in S o Paulo Botanic Garden Brazil br It is sometimes considered ... for food. ref is a genus of small passerine bird s in the wren family. These wrens are around ... The House Wren occurs widely in both tropical and temperate lowlands, but is frequently split into several species. Until recently, the hardy Winter Wren was believed to have a wide distribution ... the Eurasian Wren is the only wren of any genus found outside the New World . The Cobb s Wren of the Falkland ... their loud songs. These are territorial birds, but the tiny Winter Wren will roost communally in a cavity ... of this genus are possibly the Timberline Wren and the Cistothorus species rather than the Henicorhina ... species, such as the Clarion Wren, were formerly considered subspecies of the House Wren, and it has been argued that at least the tropical forms of the House Wren should be further split as the Southern House Wren, Troglodytes musculus ref noted in Howell & Webb 1995 ref . The Socorro Wren, in older times placed into Thryomanes Bewick s Wren , is actually a close relative of the House Wren complex ... Mart nez G mez et al. 2005 ref . The Winter Wren is less closely related to the other members ..., the molecular data is insufficient to properly resolve this issue. Species House Wren , Troglodytes aedon taxonomy needs revision Northern House Wren, Troglodytes aedon aedon group Brown throated Wren , Troglodytes aedon brunneicollis group Southern House Wren, Troglodytes aedon musculus group Cozumel Wren, Troglodytes aedon beani Guadeloupe Wren, Troglodytes aedon guadeloupensis taxonomic status unresolved possibly extinct late 20th century Martinique Wren, Troglodytes aedon martinicensis taxonomic status unresolved possibly extinct c.1890 Clarion Wren , Troglodytes tanneri formerly included in T. aedon Socorro Wren , Troglodytes sissonii formerly included in T. aedon Cobb s Wren ... more details
Gordon Wren January 5, 1919 November 25, 1999 was an United States American Ski jumping ski jumper who competed in the 1940s. He finished fifth in the individual large hill event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz . He died in Steamboat Springs, Colorado of cancer at age 80. ref name Obit http www.infoplease.com ipa A0781948.html Obituary ref References reflist External links FIS S JP ID 66940 name G. Wren Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Wren, Gordon ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Wren, Gordon Category 1919 births Category 1999 deaths Category American ski jumpers Category Ski jumpers at the 1948 Winter Olympics US wintersport bio stub skijumping bio stub de Gordon Wren ... more details
Wren Journeymage is the sequel to Wren s War , and so far the last book written about the character Wren character Wren . Publishing Status The book was originally slated for publication by Jane Yolen Book, but the line was canceled. Sherwood Smith finished it as part of a contract with Viking to re publish the first three books in the series with Firebirds, but publication was cancelled again. ref http www.sherwoodsmith.net WrensWorld WrensWorld.html ref Sherwood Smith has since published the first draft at Book View Cafe. ref http www.bookviewcafe.com index.php The Sherwood Smith Bookshelf Sherwood Smith Novels Wren Journeymage 1 ref , preparatory to releasing it as an e book. References See Wikipedia Footnotes on how to create references using ref ref tags which will then appear here automatically Reflist Sherwood Smith Books Category 1993 novels Category American fantasy novels 1990s fantasy novel stub ... more details
Aquilla Wren was a store owner in Peoria, Illinois in the 1830s and 1840s. He came of note as a result of a divorce proceeding in which Abraham Lincoln was involved. Divorce proceedings Aquilla Wren and Clarissa Wren achieved some fame and notoriety as part of a sensational divorce case in Peoria, Illinois . After Aquilla Wren, a merchant in Peoria, divorced Clarissa Jones Wren, she pursued an alimony payment from him despite significant cultural and legal obstacles. Even after Aquilla Wren died during the course of the proceedings, Clarissa Wren continued the case, which eventually wound up in the Illinois Supreme Court . ref Our Folk genealogy Pages by Albert Hart. http www.renderplus.com hartgen htm hart.htm name15 Amaziah Hart ref Aquilla Wren 1797 1844 and Clarissa Jones b. 1811 married in Jackson County, Ohio , in January 1826. In 1830 the Wrens moved to Peoria, where he opened a dry goods store, purchased land, and became one of the town s leading merchants. Abraham Lincoln came to Peoria in 1844 to get involved in the divorce case. Aquilla Wren was granted a decree after a finding by a jury that his wife Clarissa had been guilty of misconduct. Lincoln seems to have come into the case late in the term of court when he assisted Elihu H. Powell and William F. Bryan in their efforts to obtain a new trial. ref name ReferenceA In Tender Consideration Women, Families, and the Law in Abraham Lincoln s Illinois. Edited by Daniel W. Stowell 2002 ref During the course of the trial, Clarissa Wren married Amaziah Hart in Peoria. Because of the doctrine of coverture , in which the wife s legal personality was subsumed into that of her husband, Amaziah Hart became a party to the case. ref name ReferenceA This case was important because it was one of the first cases in Illinois to challenge the patriarchal system and assert the rights of women. References reflist DEFAULTSORT Wren, Aquilla Category Abraham Lincoln Category Divorce Category Illinois state case law Category People ... more details
Image MSMap doton Wren.png right 200px Location of Wren, Mississippi Wren is an unincorporated area unincorporated community in Monroe County, Mississippi Monroe County , Mississippi , United States . Wren is sited at coord 33 58 18 N 88 35 59 W between Amory, Mississippi Amory and Okolona, Mississippi Okolona . According to the United States Geological Survey , a variant name is Wrens . New Wren is located at coord 33 58 18 N 88 36 48 W on U.S. Route 45 , close to its intersection with U.S. Route 278 . References cite web url Gnis3 679885 title Wren work Geographic Names Information System publisher United States Geological Survey accessdate 2006 04 14 cite web url Gnis3 674860 title New Wren work Geographic Names Information System publisher United States Geological Survey accessdate 2006 04 14 Monroe County, Mississippi Mississippi geo stub Category Monroe County, Mississippi Category Unincorporated communities in Mississippi vo Wren Mississippi ... more details
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