We hung an old bird house from the basketball goal at the end of the driveway. It is a nice location because it is high, surrounded by tree limbs from the maple tree, the neighbor's pines, and other bushes, and I hope it is a hard place for predators to get to. We have a family of House Wrens living in it. I wish I could see the baby wrens, but Mike assures me that he can hear them every time the parent leaves the box after bringing food :-)
Sometimes when the parent brings a bug home, it sits in the tree nearby for quite a while making sure it is safe to enter the house. I try to sit well out of the way where they aren't too bothered by my presence.
On the "porch"
I wish they would stop on the roof more often....I get a better view of the latest food offering.
I find it fascinating to see the variety of insects they bring home for dinner :-) I love to watch them, but it sure is hot sitting out there! We have been having a lot of storms, too, so I hope the house is reasonably weather proof and securely fastened......and that the neighbor's cat will leave them alone when they leave the nest!
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6 comments:
Great shots Mary.
Sweet!
Looks like your Wrens and mine have picked a similar house.They are such persistent singers.
What a great series!!
I love little wrens. I hearing them sing. We have an old bird house that wrens built nests in for many years. They still always check it out and sometimes start building a nest, but usually they move on elsewhere. Maybe our "old" house doesn't meet their current "building specifications."
I have not seen the wrens here for a week or two...well, haven't heard them. I am wondering if their babies hatched and moved out...never did know where they put their nest. But I think across the street in this old dead tree...they were in it a lot.
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