Discover the House Wren: Nesting, Feeding, Eating, and Mating Habits

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• Wren Nesting Habits Explained!
• Press PLAY below to hear a Cactus Wren!
• What do House Wrens Look Like?
• Conservation Status
• Birds, Nests & Eggs That May Show Up in Bluebird Nestboxes – Learn to Recognize
• Wrens in California – Pictures and ID Guide

They can often be found energetically hopping through tangles and low branches with their tails up, stopping to sing their cheerful song. This guide will help you identify the wren species in California according to avibase. The babies typically stay in the nest for about 12 to 18 days. Once they leave the nest, the parents will typically begin making preparations for the next batch of babies immediately. As mentioned in the previous section, wrens will abandon their previous nesting spots if those spots have been damaged or destroyed.

Wren Nesting Habits Explained!

House wrens search for the food they eat in a variety of habitats, including brushy areas, gardens, and suburban backyards. Courtship and breeding begin when the female wrens arrive in a male's territory. Most studies show that House wrens leave the nest after around 14 to 15 days, give or take a day or two. House wrens typically nest low to the ground, at the height of just 3 to 5ft or so. However, in some cases, they nest in the first story of a large tree at the height of 30ft.

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Males typically mate with more than one female and build multiple nests for each female. They are even known to pierce eggs and kill nestlings of both Marsh Wrens and other birds. Sedge Wrens are small brown wrens that are darker above with streaking and barring and paler underneath. Pacific Wrens are brown all over with darker barring on the wings, tail, and belly. House Wrens are small nondescript round brown birds with darker barred wings and tails and a paler throat. According to Audubon, the incubation period for the eggs is 12 to 15 days, and the female wren will do most of the incubating.

What do House Wrens Look Like?

House wrens certainly nest in backyards if there are valid nesting cavities, either natural or artificial. House wrens are cavity nesters but cannot excavate their cavities. They use a variety of existing cavities or cavities excavated by woodpeckers. Hose wrens nest in cavities and enclosures of different shapes and sizes. They adapt their nest to the available space, ensuring that the nest cup and depth are consistently the same sizes.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to require more review of dangerous chemicals, and demanding more accountability for pesticide manufacturers. Both parents help feed the hatchlings, which fledge after 12 to 16 days. Although the House Wren's aggressive behavior may shock human bystanders, it allows this small bird to gain an edge in the often-fierce competition for nesting space. The House Wren, like another common backyard bird, the Blue Jay, seems to be loved and reviled in equal measure by its human neighbors.

Conservation Status

Their short, strong legs mean they can cling onto rocks and even scale a vertical rocky cliff. Cactus Wrens do not have an upright tail like most wrens. Instead, they fan their tails out to show the white tips.

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Yes, it is a good practice to clean nest boxes between broods to encourage other birds, including wrens, to use the birdhouse. The second brood is raised in a separate nest after the nestlings have fledged. The male may continue to feed the young birds as the female prepares the next nest. The female house wren starts laying eggs as early as the first week of April. The initiation of the egg-laying period varies with latitude, and it is generally later in higher and colder latitudes.

Wrens in California – Pictures and ID Guide

The tail is very short and most likely will be held upright. You can find Cactus Wrens, unusually for wrens, out in the open at the top of a cactus singing or eating the cactus fruit. They can also be seen on the ground hunting for insects and spiders by turning over leaves and other debris. Rock Wrens nests are on the ground, usually in a cavity or depression in rocky areas, and they add a layer of small stones followed by softer material such as wool and moss. She even went as far as to write her backyard wrens out of her will, stipulating that the birds be barred from breeding on her homestead even after her she was gone. Ecologically speaking, at least, the House Wren seems to be doing something right.

The size and shape that surrounds the nest cup may show a good deal of variation. If you encounter one, you can expect to hear loud and complex songs. Once you know what to listen for, it’s easy to identify these birds before ever seeing them! And don’t worry, I have included a sample of the calls and sounds for each species below. You can find Sedge Wren very hidden in wet grasslands, marshy areas, and meadows with lots of vegetation.

However, only a few species of wren regularly visit backyards, including House Wrens, Carolina Wrens, and Berwick Wrens. Rock Wrens are pale brown on the back with darker flecks. They have barring on the wings and tail and are pale underneath, but with buff coloring on the lower flanks and belly. Bewick’s Wrens are brown-backed birds with long gray upright tails with darker barring.

In turn, a female House Wren may raise a second brood with a new mate, leaving the young from her first clutch for the male to raise. House Wrens typically raise two broods per season — quite often with different mates. For their size, House Wrens can be very aggressive, often piercing the eggs of other cavity-nesting birds.

On occasion, the eggs may hatch in only nine days, but 12 is more typical. You’ll know the moment because the babies begin cheeping. The exception is the breeding season, when the female sleeps in the nest while incubating eggs or brooding the nestlings. Studies comparing clutch sizes in natural cavities and nesting boxes found that house wrens tend to lay larger clutches in nesting boxes. As indicated above, house wrens chose nesting boxes over natural cavities when both were available.

They do prefer sites where the nest is concealed on all sides except the point of entrance. The female chooses the nest site, and may rearrange or completely remove a dummy nest placed by the male. Both the female and male construct the nest, but the male focuses on singing and guarding the nesting territory. The female lays a clutch of four to eight whitish-pink, brown-speckled eggs, which she incubates for about two weeks. Interestingly, House Wren eggs have unusually thick shells, and are almost twice as strong as similar-sized eggs. This unusual shell strength is likely an adaptation to this species' egg-destroying tendencies, which extend to their own kind.

House wrens nest across virtually every US state, southern and mid-Canada, and more or less the entirety of Central and South America. They have one of the widest ranges of any songbird in the Americas. Habitats vary, ranging from various lowland and upland forests and woodlands to parks and human settlements. Despite their nests being so small, they’re intricate and are built from hundreds of small sticks. The female starts incubating the eggs when she still has two to three eggs to complete the clutch.

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Cactus Wrens are easier to recognize with their speckled undersides, large bold eyebrow stripe, and large size. They are recorded in 1% of both summer and winter checklists for the state. Pacific Wrens can be spotted in California all year and appear in 2% of summer checklists and 1% of winter checklists for the state. Marsh Wrens are brown with black and white streaks on their back.

Breeding and Feeding

It appears that this isolated population has disappeared. Small patches of cacti remain in this area, but recolonization seems unlikely, because Cactus Wrens require large, intact stands of cacti. Plumage color varies regionally from rusty in more humid regions to gray in desert regions. Birds from San Francisco Bay south to Monterey, California, have less rusty coloring than birds farther north. Canyon Wrens are at home in places without water because these birds don’t need to drink! Even when they are near a water source, they are not seen drinking.

Relative Size

They may build a completely new nest in the same spot each season, or they may simply move on to a new nesting spot. Some birds will reuse their existing nests year after year, while others build a new nest every season. Wren eggs are no different from other types of birds in this regard.

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A "brown-throated" subspecies of the House Wren occurs in mountains of extreme southeastern Arizona. It has a distinct buffy eyebrow and cinnamon-buff throat and chest. House Wrens occur all the way through the Americas to southern Argentina. Individuals in the Caribbean and South America tend to be warmer colored and have somewhat different voices. Dark barring on the wings and tail contrast with the more uniform brown plumage elsewhere. Forages fairly low in tree branches and shrubs, eating mainly insects and spiders.

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Other weird spots for nests include boots, cans, or boxes. Even though they almost never visit bird feeders, they are often seen zipping through backyards while hunting insects. A great way to draw these wrens to your yard is to create brush piles, which offer cover for them and places for insects to gather. Bewick’s Wrens are the most frequently spotted wrens in California, and they do not migrate.

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House Wrens aren’t too particular about where they build their nests. They prefer cavities in trees for ultimate protection from predators but love man-made nesting boxes even better than naturally occurring cavities. Let’s dive into what the Wren mating season looks like and how they raise their young as the season progresses.

After nesting season, most U.S. and Canadian House Wren populations migrate to the southern United States and Mexico for the winter. The female will lay one egg daily and often leaves the nest to find food before laying another egg the following morning. If you find a wren nest unoccupied with a few eggs, it doesn’t mean that it’s abandoned. It simply means that the female isn’t done laying her brood. At the start of the breeding season, the male House wren seeks out eligible nesting cavities and begins preparing them for nesting. First, he lines the nests with sticks, sometimes comprehensively with hundreds of sticks, other times with just a handful of sticks.

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Measuring 5 inches long with a plump body and ashort tail. Even if no birdhouse is offered, these birds are likely to find somewhere or something to nest in around your home. House wrens rarely abandon their nests and will only risk doing so if the nest is under indefensible threat or otherwise fails, e.g., due to insect infestation or flooding. Parents make a combined 20 to 30 trips to and from the nest each hour. The female House Wren might make 200 to 300 trips back and forth from the nest in this time in a process that can take as long as 14 days.

After pairing, the female selects the nest site and starts filling the nest with more twigs. The upper parts are unstreaked and grayish brown, the underparts are grayish-white. Notice the faint or missing eye stripe that iscommon in other wrens. Unlike many other birds, House Wrens do not have brightly colored feathers or markings.

Although many birds fiercely defend their territories during the breeding season, the House Wren takes this behavior to an extreme. Males will also stuff cavities with twigs to keep other birds from nesting there. House Wrens raise two broods per season, but sometimes they have been spotted raising to three on occasion. The clutch size varies from 3 to 10 eggs, with an average of between 5-6 eggs. While House Wrens aren’t too picky on their nesting locations, there are a few key things to keep in mind.

Nesting boxes suitable for House wrens can have a base as small as 4 x 5in. Artificial nesting sites range from cavities in rotting or decaying structures to novel choices like coat pockets, tin cans, ornaments, abandoned vehicles, and machinery. In addition, nests have been found in boots, shoes, and a multitude of other small artificial cavities. Egg-laying begins soon after the female finishes lining the nest cup. Once the female starts laying eggs, she lays one egg every day in the early morning hours. The breeding grounds encompass roughly the upper two-thirds of North America, which is not far from the wintering grounds in Southern U.S. and Mexico.

Interestingly, House Wrens are one of the only birds that will use a nest box hanging freely and not permanently attached to a tree or post. House wrens usually lay anywhere from 5 to 8 eggs per brood, and sometimes more. By maintaining a clean nest box, you increase the chances of attracting wrens and other cavity-nesting birds to use the birdhouse for their next brood.

Potential female mates arrive in the breeding grounds a few days later than the males and inspect nesting sites and territories. If she approves of a nest site and territory, she stays with the male and begins to construct the rest of the nest over the base of sticks built by the male. Look for a rather large wren with a long tail and long bill, but short rounded wings. They are beautiful birds with their distinctive bright white eyebrow, brown spotted belly, and a brown and white streaked back. Even though Marsh Wrens are tiny, they are incredibly fierce, aggressive, and active.

Their underside is grayish brown, and they have the distinctive upright tail of the wren. Attract House Wrens to your backyard by leaving piles of brush or putting up a nest box. House Wrens eat insects and spiders, such as beetles, caterpillars, and flies.

After the male finds a mate, the female takes over building duties and finishes the nest. Nests typically feature hundreds of small sticks (around 300 to 500 or so in some studies). When House wrens breed further north, they begin selecting nesting sites as soon as they return from migration in late winter or early spring.

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Its guidelines, however, were vague enough that many people who simply disagreed with government policy found themselves under scrutiny by the committee. House of Representatives, investigated allegations of communist activity in the U.S. during the early years of the Cold War ( ). Established in 1938, the committee wielded its subpoena power as a weapon and called citizens to testify in high-profile hearings before Congress. This intimidating atmosphere often produced dramatic but questionable revelations about Communists infiltrating American institutions and subversive actions by well-known citizens. HUAC’s controversial tactics contributed to the fear, distrust and repression that existed during the anticommunist hysteria of the 1950s. By the late 1950s and early 1960s, HUAC’s influence was in decline, and in 1969 it was renamed the Committee on Internal Security.

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The second lawyer I consulted out of this list, lawyer No. 2, is a former judge who has an active practice on both sides of the bay. I discussed with him the position which I intended to take before this committee; that is, to uphold the Constitution and to rely upon the first and fifth amendments to the Constitution as they might apply to every question that this committee might put to me. “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller is a play set during the Salem witch trials of 1692, but it was written during a time when the U.S. was gripped by the fear of Communism, largely driven by Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).

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In 1938 it became the House Un-American Activities Committee, and its first chair was Rep. Martin Dies Jr., D-Texas, who headed it until 1944. Under Dies, HUAC soon turned its attention toward investigating Communist Party infiltration and involvement in New Deal agencies, such as the Works Progress Administration. In 1939 it held hearings to investigate the WPA’s Federal Theatre Project, inquiring into whether any of its members or those who worked with it were communists. Fearing an upending of the power dynamic in what had long been a sweet racket, the studio heads refused to negotiate with the SWG and worked to break the union. It threatened members with retaliation and hurled the most reliable and durable of charges at the guild, namely that it was communist-led and inspired.

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Through this play, Miller drew parallels between the witch hunts of the 17th century and the Red Scare of the 20th century. McCarthy’s aggressive and often unfounded accusations cast a huge doubt on his reputation across the country. Welch, in response, delivered one of the most memorable lines in American political history. In 1946, it also considered investigating the white supremacist group, the Ku Klux Klan, but eventually decided not to. Their decision to not pursue an investigation of the Klan prompted John E. Rankin, who was a white supremacist, to say, “After all, the KKK is an old American institution.” However, the Klan was later investigated when the committee was chaired by Edwin Willis.

In 1959, then-US President Harry S. Truman called it “the most un-American thing in the country today.” The committee was heavily rioted against and was denounced by many people. It quickly became the subject of jokes, appearing in political satire pieces. The committee was tasked to secure information on how foreign political propaganda had permeated into the US and how organizations were spreading it to the public. The Hollywood Ten were controversial figures at the time they launched their protest, and their actions continue to inspire debate decades later.

The second front on which HUAC made its mark was investigating communist infiltration of the film industry. The FBI identified both "unfriendly" witnesses who were not expected to answer the committee's questions during the televised hearings, and "friendly" witnesses who could be counted on to cooperate fully. Screen Actors Guild president Ronald Reagan, who actually had an FBI informant code designation, was among those in the latter category.

As a result of these and subsequent hearings, nearly 300 actors and others employed in the movie industry were blacklisted or prevented from working. Many of those called to testify before HUAC pleaded the Fifth Amendment and refused to testify. Such refusal was often taken as tantamount to guilt, and many individuals were cited for contempt of Congress. Among them was noted film director Elia Kazan, who named numerous people who he believed were communist sympathizers, and they too were blacklisted. I Was a Communist for the FBI,[5] was nominated for an Academy Award for the best documentary in 1951 and also serialized for radio.[6] Universal-International Pictures was the only major studio that did not produce such a film. When the war ended, concerns about communist infiltration in American life returned to the headlines.

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Subjects of HUAC investigations had the option of invoking their right to avoid self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment, but “pleading the Fifth” created the impression that they were guilty of a crime. In addition, those who refused to cooperate were often blacklisted by their employers. They lost their jobs and were effectively prevented from working in their chosen industry. “The United States looks forward to convening leaders and stakeholders across the hemisphere to advance our shared commitment to economic prosperity, security, human rights, and dignity,” the White House said. Together with key ULI leaders and staff, the Sponsorship Committee conducts outreach to key member organizations to engage them in supporting the local ULI district council. Fosters the development of diverse mid-career professionals to become leaders in ULI, their communities, and the Real Estate industry.

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The Supreme Court ultimately dealt with both questions, with contradictory and changing results. By mid-1966, conservative legislators were condemning the "unseemly spectacles" HUAC chronically elicited. Thus, in 1969, it was rechristened the Internal Security Committee, and although its procedures were modified somewhat in this new form, the committee was eventually abolished by the House in 1975. One of the members of HUAC in the late 1940s was a first-term U.S. representative from California named Richard Nixon.

During the hearing, the suspected Communist was grilled about his or her political beliefs and activities and then asked to provide the names of other people who had taken part in allegedly subversive activities. Any additional figures identified in this manner also received subpoenas, widening the committee’s probe. White House officials said conversations with the Mexican president have been “respectful,” and that his absence would not undermine the summit’s ambitious agenda. Officials said participants would announce a set of policy decisions highlighting law enforcement cooperation and tackling the criminal smuggling industry. Leaders will also promote agreements that boost support for refugee resettlement and stabilization efforts, as well as promote labor mobility benefiting the U.S. and Canada, which are experiencing labor shortages. UrbanPlan is a classroom-based learning curriculum developed for high school juniors and seniors.

The House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) searched for communists and other suspected subversives for nearly forty years. Founded in 1938 as the House Special Committee to Investigate Un-American Activities and chaired by a conservative Texas Democrat, Martin Dies, HUAC became a standing committee of the House in 1945. In 1969 it announced a new focus, domestic terrorism, and received a new name, the House Internal Security Committee. Six years later, in the wake of Vietnam and Watergate, the full House abolished the committee. HUAC’s actions resulted in several contempt-of-Congress convictions and the blacklisting of many who refused to answer its questions. Highly controversial for its tactics, HUAC was criticized for violating First Amendment rights.

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In its first two years, the Dies Committee subpoenaed Hallie Flanagan, who was the director of the Federal Theatre Project, as well as Oscar C. Pfaus and George Van Horn Moseley. When Germany’s threat decreased at the end of World War I, the committee decided to investigate Bolshevism, which had become a threat to the US following the Russian Revolution in 1917. The Overman Committee played a crucial role in communism being a threat to the US. The HUAC was established in 1938 and used its subpoena power to call suspected citizens with communist and fascist ties to testify before Congress in high-profile hearings. The Free Speech Center is a nonpartisan, nonprofit public policy center dedicated to building understanding of the five freedoms of the First Amendment through education, information and engagement.

That was partly because the United States was allied with the Soviet Union, and the need for the Russians to help defeat the Nazis outweighed immediate concerns about communism. There was already a rumor campaign, helped along by conservative newspapers and commentators such as the very popular radio personality and priest Father Coughlin, alleging the Roosevelt administration harbored communist sympathizers and foreign radicals. Many names called to testify before the committee during its most influential period, in the late 1940s and 1950s, are familiar, and include actor Gary Cooper, animator and producer Walt Disney, folksinger Pete Seeger, and future politician Ronald Reagan. Others called to testify are far less familiar today, in part because their popularity was brought to an end when HUAC came calling. When Hiss was convicted of perjury in January 1950 for having denied under oath the passing of documents to a self-confessed Soviet agent, the committee's basic point about the adequacy of a loyalty program run by a Democratic president appeared, at least to its partisans, a proven fact. Because HUAC was led by U.S. representative Martin Dies Jr. (1900–1972) of Texas , it was also called the Dies Committee.

Ultimately, these hearings resulted in a First Amendment challenge to the committee's authority by the so-called Hollywood Ten. Critics claimed that HUAC’s tactics amounted to a witch hunt that trampled on citizens’ rights and ruined their careers and reputations. These critics argued that most people who were called before the committee had broken no laws, but instead were targeted for their political beliefs or for exercising their right to free speech. Supporters of the committee, on the other hand, believed that its efforts were justified given the grave threat to U.S. security posed by communism.

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Growing liberalism in the late 1950s and 1960s encouraged public intolerance for such investigations. One of the most famous aspects of the HUAC investigations involved Hollywood. In 1947, the committee devoted nine days to questioning members of the movie industry. They included leading figures and famous actors like Walt Disney (1901–1966), Gary Cooper (1901–1961), and future U.S. president Ronald Reagan (1911–2004; served 1981–89).

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The SP won the first battle, mainly because the studios refused to bargain with the SWG. In 1936, the SWG filed papers for formal dissolution (“Screen Guild Now Dodo Officially,” gloated The Hollywood Reporter). Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Wagner Act, which obliged employers to bargain with a union duly recognized by the National Labor Relations Board.

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A suspected NLF officer is summarily executed by General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, a South Vietnamese National Police Chief. Loan shoots the suspect in the head on a public street in front of journalists. The execution is both filmed and photographed (most notably by photographer Eddie Adams), and provides one of the iconic images that eventually helped sway public opinion in the United States against the war. On the other hand, ten screenwriters and directors refused to testify, arguing that the First Amendment of the U.S.

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Concerns about radicalism within the labor unions continued, though critics charged HUAC with masking an attack on all organized labor in the name of anti-communism. In the end, HUAC investigated charges of "communistic infiltration" in the government; by the early 1950's it had investigated nearly a fifth of all government employees. The committee also investigated labor union members of the academic world, film industry figures, and members of the scientific community. The mere stigma of being called before the committee was usually sufficient to serve the committee's ends by causing witnesses to be blacklisted from their professions.

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I am condemning this committee for trying its cases in the newspapers and over the radio. I am condemning this committee for depriving me of right of counsel by its slanderous attacks, attacks by inference, which even repel and revolt some of the Democratic members of this committee . The term has since become synonymous with making unsubstantiated claims and public attacks on the character or patriotism of political opponents.

The HUAC investigations delved into many areas of American life, but they paid special attention to the motion picture industry, which was believed to harbor a large number of Communists. Not wishing to get on the wrong side of Congress or the movie-going public, most film industry executives did not speak out against the investigations. In addition, many of the major studios imposed a strict blacklist policy against actors, directors, writers and other personnel implicated in Communist activity. Chambers named more than a half dozen government officials including White as well as Alger Hiss (and Hiss' brother Donald). Most of these former officials refused to answer committee questions, citing the Fifth Amendment. Hiss also denied all charges; doubts about his testimony though, especially those expressed by freshman Congressman Richard Nixon, led to further investigation that strongly suggested Hiss had made a number of false statements.

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Jeanne Mager Stellman and Steven Stellman which showed definite correlation between serious and often rare disorders and exposure to Agent Orange. In an April 17, 2003 article in the journal Nature, J. Stellman reports that the amount of highly toxic dioxin in Agent Orange was more than double the U.S. government's estimates. On April 18, an attempt is made to burn down another a Bank of America building; four students are wounded by police buckshot. Kevin Moran, a UCSB student who had attempted to disuade the crowd from using violence, is shot and killed by a Santa Barbara police officer. In early May, UC Berkeley administrators decide to reclaim the land, and on May 15, 250 Berkeley police and California Highway Patrol officers are called in to enforce this edict. As construction the fence began, a crowd of 6000 moved towards the park after rallying at nearby Sproul Plaza.

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The hearings continued for days, and prominent names called to testify guaranteed headlines. Walt Disney appeared as a friendly witness expressing fears of communism, as did actor and future president Ronald Reagan, who was serving as the president of the actor's union, the Screen Actors Guild. Despite public skirmishing between the committee and the Roosevelt administration, the Dies Committee continued its work. It eventually named more than 1,000 government workers as being suspected communists, and essentially created a template for what would occur in later years. The committee was first formed as the brainchild of a congressman from Texas, Martin Dies.

Some tend to view their punishment as justified, since the individuals were admitted communists, while others generally view them as heroic figures who spoke out against the abuses of the Red Scare–and in defense of the U.S. During the investigative hearings, members of HUAC grilled the witnesses about their past and present associations with the Communist Party. Aware that their answers could ruin their reputations and careers, most individuals either sought leniency by cooperating with investigators or cited their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. However, a group of 10 Hollywood screenwriters and directors took a different approach and openly challenged the legitimacy of the committee’s investigations. Seventy-five years ago, the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC for purposes of pronunciation) launched the first of its series of postwar investigations into alleged communist subversion in Hollywood.

[but] 3 days before I was supposed to come here, he called me, and he told me that his partner had just returned from out of town and had learned that he had undertaken to represent me. He said that his partner represented a bank, and that his partner felt that the attendant publicity would be so harmful to them that he insisted that they could not represent a witness before this committee. He also expressed the view – his partner did – that any attorney who represented a witness before this committee might find himself in a position where he was persecuted by other governmental agencies . A month ago I received a subpoena2 calling for my appearance before this committee.

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626 Market offers a wide range of Asian cuisine and unique items you won’t find anywhere else. From matcha drinks and boba tea to takoyaki and Korean fried chicken, we are drooling just thinking about their long-awaited return. Are you looking for an exciting and unique way to explore the vibrant food scene of Los Angeles? From deliciously savory eats to sweet indulgences, we’ve got you covered with the best night markets in LA. Our peaceful environment along with the 7 day trial adoption (i.e. sleepover) that we offer nearly eliminates instances of cats being returned after adoptions are finalized.

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You’ll find various food vendors offering traditional dishes such as pupusas, empanadas, and tamales, as well as live music and entertainment. And with a carnival-style atmosphere, complete with games and rides, El Gato Night Market is a fun and lively spot to spend an evening with family and friends. At El Camino Health, we aim to deliver a healthcare experience that is designed around your individual needs. We're quick to master the latest medical advancements, and we remain sensitive to your comfort, health and happiness. After ordering our beverages, we stepped inside the colorful and beautifully renovated Victorian 'cat cottage'. It's a bright and modern space that feels completely inviting.

Few things in life are more “purr-fect” than that first sip of coffee, wouldn’t you agree? Cats are a close second, and one unique Houston cafe brings them both together. El Gato Coffeehouse serves piping hot cups joe and delicious bakery items, surrounded by dozens of adoptable kitties. El Gato recommends booking visits in advance due to high occupancy. Private group bookings are also available for $110 an hour for a party up to 6 people.

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We will establish a volunteer-run Trap-Neuter-Release program to serve our community of neighbors both human and feline. This program will have the capacity to lend traps, teach TNR skills, and provide vouchers for vet visits. Collectively, we adopt approximately 100 cats per year and foster cats at a time.

Our model offers an easy and comfortable way for individuals considering adoption to visit with our cats in order to find the right cat for their lifestyle. Even people who know that they do not want to or cannot adopt a cat can come and enjoy cat therapy in the cat cottage. We can cancel with 95% refund prior to 48 hours before reservation. 50% refund is provided for cancellations between 24 hours and 48 hours and no refund is provided within 24 hours of the reservation.

Refund and Rescheduling Policy

El Gato Coffeehouse is located in the historic Houston Heights neighborhood. Later, I learned the food truck is less about the hip food movement and more to address the city regulations that require food and drink be completely separate from the kitties. Visits with the Cats in our Cat Cottage will remain at our $18/ person pricing. An East LA hidden gem, the Ave 26 Night Market is focused on food, family, and fun. This intimate and cozy market offers a unique blend of traditional Mexican street food, handmade crafts, and vibrant live performances. Renee is not just a kind-hearted cat lover, but a smart business owner, dedicated not only to rescuing kitties, but providing patrons a quality experience.

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Nestled in the heart of The Heights is El Gato Coffeehouse a feline fave and Houston’s only cat cafe and rescue. We provide a comfortable environment for adoptable cats until they find their furrever home. If guests aren't looking to adopt, they can enjoy cat therapy, which also helps socialize the cats.

Katie Lawrence is a Southeast Texas native who graduated 18th in her high school class with a GPA of 4.25. She attended college in the Houston area and began writing for OnlyInYourState in 2015. Today, Katie writes, edits, and performs several other tasks for OnlyInYourState and has never been more passionate about a job before. We will move to a new, bigger location where we will have much-needed space to accommodate the needs of the cats and our growth plans. Step inside the café that's helping cats get adopted one cup of coffee at a time.

We can reschedule individual cat visit sessions and cat yoga classes. Please provide at least 4 hours advance notice for rescheduling. Private sessions can also be rescheduled, but must be rescheduled 48 hours in advance to avoid charges. Alameda Night Market is a total fun night out with the girls that combines delicious food, unique shopping, and lively entertainment. Located in the heart of Downtown LA’s Art District, this vibrant open-air market offers a blend of traditional street food, craft beer, live music, and innovative artisanal goods. Get a coffee with all the cool cats at El Gato Coffeehouse.

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When booking, select the button for your desired location. Private group reservations are $110 and covers 6 people. Additional guests (over 6) can join a private session for a cost of $18/person.

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Beset with the myriad challenges posed by the pandemic, El Gato emerged with the intention of making the necessary funds to house 14 – 20 foster cats. Thus, El Gato Charities was formed to work in tandem with El Gato Coffeehouse, Houston’s only cat cafe and rescue. For individual visits with cats, children must be over age 5 and 12 is the minimum age for yoga with cats. All childern under 16 must be accompanied by a supervising adult. If you are interested in being one of the first to check out the new location, you'll select sessions in the Cat Studio. We'll continue to offer sessions in our original Cat Cottage location as well.

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Do I have to make a reservation?

“In our cat cottage, our feline friends are given free roam and are well-socialized. This means that their personalities can really shine through when potential adopters visit,” El Gato writes on its website. If you're interested in adopting, you can complete an application here and we strongly encourage you to book a visit to choose your most compatible cat. Email us at for more information on visiting and at for more information on adoptions. We are excited to announce that we are expanding just in time for Spring Break. We entered a lease for the studio space located in front of our existing cat cottage on the same lot at 508 Pecore St in the Heights.

Can I bring my cat?

Visits with cats - Individual sessions are for one person, each person needs a separate individual booking. Private sessions are a group booking covering up to 6 people for 1 hour. Additional guests are welcome for the privates, but will be charged $18/ person upon entry with a max capacity of 20 people. We do host kid birthday parties as a private booking, however, this is only available for ages 9 and over in order to maintain a peaceful enviroment for our cats.

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We depend on our guest's cover to support the cost of our beautiful facilities in the Heights, our wonderful caring staff and for the vetting costs and supplies provided to our resident cats. We are only able to provide this service because our customers and donors see the value in our mission of adopting cats in a comfortable, stress-free environment. After making some short term adjustments, like reducing opening hours, things have bounced back stronger than ever. She and her team have successfully facilitated an amazing 114 adoptions in just one years time, via their nationally known rescue partner, Friends for Life.

We'll be kicking off at the new location on Tuesday, March 12 just in time for our expanding Spring Break Hours. First, we visited with a friend from Germany, yet another convert into our crazy-for-cats lifestyle. Second, it was my birthday, which always helps infuse every activity with a festive air.

Houston became a virtual ghost town and El Gato's business suffered greatly. After checking in, we were led into the cat lounge by Angela, a friendly cat staffer who introduced me to Sweetie, who is not just sweet, but sassy and rocks a very unique look. Visit the cafe’s website or Facebook page to learn more.

This helps to relieve the burden placed on traditional shelters in Houston that are frequently at capacity. Since El Gato Coffeehouse opened in April 2017, we have found homes for nearly 430 previously-homeless cats. Since the formation of El Gato Charities in 2020, we have already TNRed 18 cats and successfully socialized and found furrever homes for 4 of the 18. For a taste of Latin American cuisine and culture, head to El Gato Night Market in Lynwood.

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We over a 7 day trial adoption period called a sleepover. Once approved, you receive a sleepover to ensure the cat is a good fit for you, your family and your other furrbabies. El Gato Coffeehouse is Houston's first and only cat cafe and rescue. In response to COVID-19, El Gato Charities was formed in July 2020 to bridge the financial gap necessary to operate as a foster home to cats. El Gato Coffeehouse and El Gato Charities work in tandem with one another. But mostly, it was because El Gato is a truly stand-out cat cafe- a gorgeous space filled with friendly cats and caring people.

Renee shared their stories with me as we moved around the room, stopping for each kitty. Then, I met Renee, the owner who gave me the scoop on El Gato. They opened in April, 2017 and had just started to gain loyal customers and steady traffic when Hurricane Harvey hit in August.

We understand that the term "cat cafe" can seem deceiving. Unfortunately, the answer is no, we are not a "BYOC(at)" establishment. We are a space that cares for adoptable cats and we cannot allow cats from home to be brought into our space.

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Some phones offered a range upwards of 450 feet in our tests, but 260 feet should still be plenty for use in most people’s homes. To put that number in perspective, we were able to get seven houses down the street with the DL72210 before our test call began to break up. AT&T’s CL82219—a similar phone in the same price range but with fewer features—was able to go a house and a half farther, which is great, but that extra range is probably not necessary unless you have an especially large property. If you have hearing loss, an amplified phone’s boosted voice levels and tone adjustments may make it easier for you to communicate. “Everybody’s hearing loss is different,” Lise Hamlin, director of communications for the Hearing Loss Association of America, told us.

Panasonic KX-TGM420W

“And the key here is not so much the volume as it is the quality of the sound.” Some people benefit more from louder calls, while others may need the high or low end of their caller’s voice boosted, and still others require both. If you're the type of person who saves every number you get, this cordless phone from Gigaset is for you. It can store up to 200 phone numbers, and a list of 150 blocked phone numbers, too.

Simplifying Features

I highly recommend the VTech SN5147 combination corded and cordless phone system for elderly individuals who want the reliability of a landline plus the convenience of a wireless handset. Expect to pay around $10–$40 for the phone and to purchase a prepaid plan on top of that. Panasonic’s KX-TGE675B doesn’t offer smart call blocking, something we consider a necessary feature for phones in its price range. Mobility around the home and accessibility features take higher priority over complex apps and messaging. Cordless phones need to have handsets with large, legible buttons. While it lacks advanced features, the TelPal Classic Phone provides a straightforward landline experience perfect for users wanting retention of a retro dial phone without complication.

Customizing with Photo Dial

Corded phones with super loud ringers ensure calls are heard, but cord length limits mobility. With its easy-to-use accessibility features, blocking of nuisance calls, integrated answering machine, and reliable corded base, this system provides a comprehensive communication solution tailored for the elderly. For seniors seeking a fully-equipped cordless home phone with crucial accessibility for hearing difficulties, my trials identified the Panasonic KX-TGM420W as an excellent choice. The amplified sound, call screening, and innovative Slow Talk button enable clearer communication. Amplified Volume – With handset volumes adjustable up to an extra loud 40dB boost, this phone accommodates those with hearing aids or moderate hearing loss.

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This phone offers good range, great voice quality, and more features than most others at this price. I recommend the TelPal Classic Corded Phone for elderly individuals who want a basic, straightforward landline phone with a retro look. After testing, I found this classic phone provides simplified calling without complex functions or small buttons.

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This two-phone package has respectable range and sounds better than any other handset we tested. It also offers premium features such as smart call blocking and a Bluetooth cell phone connection at a non-premium price. Keeping your landline doesn't mean being tethered to the wall with a corded phone, though.

But again, it’s not shocking that a $15 phone performed worse than handsets that cost several times more. The KX-TGM420W is compliant with the TIA-1083 standard, and Devlin didn’t observe any interference with her hearing aids. If you use a headset or induction neck loop, you can plug it into the jack on the side of the handset. Flashing lights on both the base station and the phone itself indicate when you’re getting a call, and the included slow-speech function is especially useful for reviewing voicemail messages. The KX-TGM420W also offers the standard features we look for in any cordless phone, including a base speakerphone and handset speakerphone, call blocking, and a button on the base station to help you find the handset.

I highly recommend the SMPL Hands-Free Dial Photo Memory Corded Phone as the ideal home phone for elderly individuals, especially those with vision, hearing, or memory challenges. A Times analysis from 2022 found that stores in higher-income areas locked up fewer items even in places where property crime rates were higher, creating an additional burden for shoppers in certain neighborhoods. Charis Kubrin, a professor of criminology at UC Irvine who studies retail theft, said that although some stores lock up lots of merchandise, others cage almost nothing. More than 40 retailers are testing the Freedom Case in stores, Budano said, including a national chain he declined to name. The BT Premium Cordless Phone is unlikely to turn any heads in the design stakes, but it lives up to its name, despite being very affordable.

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The KX-PRS120 is part of Panasonic’s Premium Design range – and it shows. The handset combines large, square-shaped number keys and a curved back for style and ergonomics, while its 5.6cm QVGA colour display boasts a smartphone-like graphical user interface, giving you easy access to all its options. We also like the fact that you can store up to 200 name and number contacts and then copy them to other BT 8610 handsets that you own. It also has a pleasingly long talk and standby times and can record 60 minutes of voicemail messages – yes, enough even for your older relatives.

100dB Ringer – The ultra loud ringer at maximum volume ensures incoming calls are heard. Paired with the bright visual flashing alert, you will never miss a call due to hearing decline. Don’t think of your burner phone as an “alternative phone” to your primary device, think of it as a dumb instrument for texting and calling, or an “emergency only” device. Disable any communications-related features that don’t relate to texting or calling. If your burner phone is fancy enough and it runs some form of Android, you could even go so far as to install a Google-free OS on it instead.

With an astounding 2,300-foot range from the base to each handset, this system can be expanded to include up to 12 phones. We used the same criteria to research amplified phones, with additional qualifications specific to their intended purpose. This phone has every feature you could want, as well as the longest range of any model we tested. I hope the recommendations and tips in this guide give you a helpful starting point to find a phone that works for you. And don’t be afraid to ask loved ones for help customizing and practicing with your new phone.

Speed Dial – 9-speed dial buttons allow frequently called numbers to be stored for quick access through the phonebook button. Adjustable Loud Ringer – With 6 ringer volumes to choose from, this phone accomodates even severe hearing loss. I appreciated how clearly I could hear the ringer from other rooms of my home. Other useful features include a speakerphone (except the basic model), hearing aid compatibility to reduce interference, and wall mountability for placement flexibility. Intuitive Interface – The phone eliminates clutter by only including essential functions needed for basic calling.

Easy Programming – Entering speed dial numbers is straightforward with the included store button. Limited Dial Mode – For those with dementia concerns, “photo dial only” mode restricts outgoing calls to just the programmed photo buttons. Handset Grip – The phone comes with a soft foam handset cover that provides an ergonomic, non-slip grip.

Thankfully, even the worst-performing phones made it several houses down the street (about 130 feet) before the signal weakened. I’ve been reviewing phones and mobile accessories since 2011 and covering them for Wirecutter since 2015. This includes researching hundreds of cordless phones and testing dozens over the past five years.

But, the BT4600 Big Button Phone also has more appeal for anyone with a disability due to its easier usability. At nearly $200, Clarity’s XLC8 is the most expensive amplified phone we tested. It doesn’t excel in any of the features it shares with the Panasonic KX-TGM420W, and it doesn’t offer any additional functionality. Our tester also found its tone adjustment to be neither easy to use nor effective. Because Panasonic’s KX-TGE633M comes with a third handset, it’s more expensive than the AT&T DL72210.

The intuitive photo dialing especially supports those with memory challenges to easily connect with loved ones. I highly recommend it for boosting confidence when living independently. Visual Ring Indicator – A bright flashing light alerts to incoming calls. Paired with the loud ringer, this visual indicator ensures calls do not go missed.