Photograph of a house wren perched on a gray branch with out of focus branches, green leaves, and an overcast sky in the background. The wren is facing right in profile with one foot stretched out to grasp the branch below it and the other foot stretched back to grab the branch behind it. House wrens have brown to tawny feathers on their head, back and wings with a checkered pattern on the lower wing and tail, light tan feathers on the abdomen, a brown and white mottled chest and neck, plump bodies, brown legs and feet, dark eyes, and a short, pointed beak.