Date: 5/17/26 7:33 pm From: mary mushinsky via CTBirds <ctbirds...> Subject: [CT Birds] Fw: Carolina Wrens
We lost our pair, too. At first we lost the male, while the female hung on living under the bicycle tarp, but then she also disappeared. It was a very tough winter for southern birds.Mary Mushinsky, Wallingford
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----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Christopher Loscalzo via CTBirds" <ctbirds...> To: "Birds CT" <ctbirds...> Cc: Sent: Sun, May 17, 2026 at 8:34 PM Subject: [CT Birds] Carolina Wrens We lost our local pair of wrens with the second cold snap this winter, too. It surprised us as they seemed to be doing well until then and we had food out for them (suet and peanuts) at all times. We’ve noticed fewer Carolina Wrens wherever we’ve gone birding in CT this spring. The first objective measure of their apparent population decline will come next month with the summer bird counts. It seems likely that their numbers will be down by at least 50%. The good news is that this has happened before and they have recovered quickly and well after previous super cold winters.
Chris Loscalzo and Marianne Vahey
Woodbridge
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