I just had told my DB that I wanted to get some pansies for the window box at the kitchen window and I noticed wren action. The Carolina Wrens are building a nest in the greenery in the window box. As some of you might recall, I put a wren box at one end of the window box as a decoration.
The Carolina wrens don't use this type of nesting box. They like to make their big nests in something but nothing as small as a Wren nesting box. The House Wrens, which haven't returned for the summer, do use the boxes.
It is fun to watch the pair build their nest. The male and female work at bringing materials to the building site. They use leaves, duff, feathers and any other material that they find suitable.
Obviously I couldn't get my camera to ignore the screen I was looking through. All of the birds in the neighborhood are singing up a storm. There will soon be nests everywhere.
The Carolina wrens don't use this type of nesting box. They like to make their big nests in something but nothing as small as a Wren nesting box. The House Wrens, which haven't returned for the summer, do use the boxes.
It is fun to watch the pair build their nest. The male and female work at bringing materials to the building site. They use leaves, duff, feathers and any other material that they find suitable.
