The Journal News: House wrens — just the bird for your garden
Insects make up 97 percent of a house wren’s diet Entice them with a bird house Clean out the bird house in spring My friend extols the virtues of house wrens for one’s garden. Please explain. Your ...
This week’s featured creature is a rather dull looking little brown bird that passes through the Ada area during spring and fall migration. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology reports that the house wren ...
Early this spring, I hung a small bird box from a pergola rafter ten feet from my kitchen window. I had high hopes that either Carolina chickadees or house wrens (both are cavity-nesters) would ...
Looking for birding opportunities close to home? Birds with “house” built into their names are, not surprisingly, common urban residents. Three such birds found in Minnesota include the house wren, ...
Wicked Local: Ask the BIRD FOLKS: House wrens sometimes seek second homes
The Washington Post: On the house: Wrens are nesting in my backyard bird box. I couldn’t be happier.
A house wren surveys John Kelly's backyard. A pair of the birds are preparing to lay a second clutch of eggs in a birdhouse there. (John Kelly/The Washington Post) Perspective by John Kelly I’ve ...
On the house: Wrens are nesting in my backyard bird box. I couldn’t be happier.
Who knew that birds engage in time-sharing? John Russell, who lives east of Bloomington, sent me photographic evidence. “For countless years, we have had a pair of house wrens set up their household ...
Like any first-time parent, I was overprotective about the new babies. In this case it was our first experience as “parents” to nesting house wrens. I had been given a small birdhouse as a Christmas ...