Wren
£25.00
A lot of lies about wrens, from the ‘Lies About Birds’ series. (Scroll down to read the text.) Illustrated with a poor photograph of a paper bird I have made out of old RSPB magazines.
A4 print, mounted (and put in a cellophane bag to prevent escapes).
(Please note that I don’t send work outside of the UK.)
1 in stock
“If wrens weren’t so loud then perhaps we wouldn’t go on about how small they are. To humans, small things are supposed to be quiet. Small children and mouth organs don’t fit this model but humans are slow to learn. We imagine all that sound held inside this tiny bird and can’t see how it fits in. What we have misunderstood is HOW wrens are so loud. It’s simple. They use their sticky-up tails to transmit their song to tiny radios hidden in bushes. When they have finished singing, they simply retune to Radio 4. They like The Archers. The other thing about wrens is the males build lots of nests. LOTS of nests. When they find a female they explain their vision for each nest to her. Depending on her particular tastes, a female will choose the nest that looks the most robust and comfortable or the one that is clinging to the side of a cliff with ruinously expensive glazing. It all seems to work, though, judging by the noise we are not short of wrens.”
