Winter Wren
Troglodytes hiemalis
Live from the dock
Active 45 minutes across 15 days since September 2026. Last heard yesterday.
In our recordsHear the call
When you'll hear it
Most often heard in the morning, 8 to 11 a.m. Quiet overnight.
Minutes active by hour, as a table
| 12 AM | 1 AM | 2 AM | 3 AM | 4 AM | 5 AM | 6 AM | 7 AM | 8 AM | 9 AM | 10 AM | 11 AM | NOON | 1 PM | 2 PM | 3 PM | 4 PM | 5 PM | 6 PM | 7 PM | 8 PM | 9 PM | 10 PM | 11 PM | |
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| Minutes active | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Across the year
Present from mid-September through October. First heard this year on September 14.
Dock records
- First heard
- September 14, 2026
- Busiest day
- 6 minutes on October 18, 2026
- Earliest call
- 5:07 a.m.
- Days detected
- 15 of 162 days monitored
Common questions
What time of day do you hear a Winter Wren at Watts Bar Lake?
Most often heard in the morning, 8 to 11 a.m. Quiet overnight. These are the hours the dock microphones detect the Winter Wren most often.
What time of year is the Winter Wren at Watts Bar Lake?
Present from mid-September through October. First heard this year on September 14. That window is when the Winter Wren has been audible from the Watts Bar Lake dock.
Has the Winter Wren been heard at Watts Bar Lake?
Yes. Active 45 minutes across 15 days since September 2026. Last heard yesterday.
About the bird
The winter wren is a very small North American bird and a member of the mainly New World wren family Troglodytidae. The species was formerly often lumped together with Eurasian wren of Eurasia and Pacific wren of western North America under the merged name of northern wren, until they were split in 2010.
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