“The Wren, the Wren” of the book title is also the title of a poem Phil had dedicated to Carmel. It is about the bird flying away from him, out of his hand: ...

Arizona State Rep. M.V. Decker sponsored the bill to make the cactus wren the state bird, according to a 1954 article in The Arizona Republic. A 1931 act of the state legislature designated the ...

The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright: it may be her best book yet. Not only a triumph but a joy. ... “The wran the wran the king of all birds, St Stephen’s Day was caught in the furze”.

In her eighth novel, “The Wren, the Wren,” Anne Enright gives voice to a daughter and granddaughter who fend for themselves after their patriarch’s abandonment. By Ada Calhoun When you ...

The sedge wrens are among the most nomadic birds in North America, according to Farnsworth, which means they can visit one year and be completely absent the next.

Rock Wren is an apropos name for a bird that lives in sparsely vegetated, arid and rocky canyons. These birds breed on talus slopes, scrublands and dry washes, from desert to alpine in western ...

Listen: Miriam O'Callaghan talks The Wren, The Wren with Anne Enright. Carmel’s relationship with her father is an uneasy one. He left her and her sister behind for America as her own mother died.

The "hunting the wren" tradition has, to a large degree, disappeared, but the tradition of visiting from house to house on St. Stephen's Day has survived in Ireland.

At first glance, it seems impossible to capture generational trauma in a single novel. “The Wren, The Wren” by Booker Prize-winning author Anne Enright is a tour-de-force that proves otherwise ...

Wrens are a tiny, rusty-brown bird, smaller than a blue tit. ... Featured in Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide, (Gill Books) by Jim Wilson, with photographs by Mark Carmody.

Superb fairy-wrens were monitored in Cleland Wildlife Park for the study. (iNaturalist: Antoni Camozzato, Superb fairy-wren, CC BY-NC 4.0)Breaking down bird behaviour "Personalities" in animals ...

I’ve long been interested in her case, and I recently read Jim Popkin’s most interesting book about her, “Code Name Blue Wren: The True Story of America’s Most Dangerous Female Spy — and ...