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Bewick's Wren

JOIN the Arkansas Wren Survey, be a citizen scientist, and help researchers learn more about the status of wrens in the state. Participation is open to anyone who can spend at least 4 hours at least twice per year looking and listening for wrens in appropriate habitat.

As a project participant you will:

  • Select study sites in areas with suitable habitat for Bewick’s Wrens.
  • Visit each study site at least twice during each of at least two seasons (winter, spring, summer, fall) to survey wrens. You will use recorded vocalizations (“playback”) to elicit responses.
  • Attempt to determine the subspecies of Bewick’s Wren, and the breeding status of all wren species during the appropriate season.
  • Record habitat characteristics of your study sites.
  • Submit your data via the internet or mail your field data forms to Audubon Arkansas.
  • Interact with Audubon and ASU researchers and other survey participants through the ARWREN e-mail discussion group. You can ask questions, share stories, and compare results.

Survey participants will receive:

  • Access to all online materials necessary to complete the project.
  • A CD or cassette with songs, calls, and other sounds of study species for field use (not to be copied, distributed, or used beyond this survey).
  • Access to ARWREN, a private e-mail discussion group.

The Arkansas Wren Survey is funded by Audubon Arkansas, Arkansas State University, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via the State Wildlife Grant program administered by Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. There is NO CHARGE for participants.

To sign up for the Arkansas Wren Survey please fill out the form below. Your contact information will be kept confidential, but we may contact you to follow up on a sighting. Once you register you will receive a confirmation e-mail from a project administrator that will include a user ID so you can log-in to the online data entry form. Please keep this user ID in a safe place. Subscription to the ARWREN listserve is highly recommended as this will be the primary means of communication between researchers and citizen scientists, as well as among citizen scientists.