Our Singing Friends 
When our house wrens come to start their nest, it is a very enjoyable time, but not a quite time. It is never hard to tell when they are in the area as ...

Wrens in Laundry Room! 
I just moved into a new home in west Tennessee. It's an older house, with lots of nooks and crannies. Previous occupants carved a laundry room out of ...

Broken Home 
I have a wren who nested in an ornamental beehive lawn ornament. Both the mother and father were very busy building the nest and feeding the babies.

A ...

Wren Siblings on Flight Day! 
I wanted to share this photo of two of the wren siblings, that I shared in my previous story. I love this photo, because it shows how tentative this baby ...

wren nest on webcam 
I have always enjoyed bird watching and I figured what better way than to start capturing the whole process via my computer.

So last winter I built ...

Scolding a Squirrel 
One morning I was enjoying a cup of coffee on the porch, and also enjoying watching and listening to the song of the wrens who have a nest in the wren ...

Wren Nesting Under Eaves 
We have a pair of house wrens nesting in a home built bird house. There appears to be about 4 chicks at this time. But being that they are hard to keep ...

Summer Of The House Wren 
We've been watching a family of house wrens that nested in the bird house in our dead plum tree. It's amazing how the daddy wren spends the entire day ...

Wren Nesting In Fireplace Gas Tank Lid 
It is the beginning of summer in North Carolina and we noticed birds building nest in several trees around our home. One day while sitting on our back ...

Wren Nesting in Topsy Turvy Planter 
The wrens have won over my tomato crop this year. While I have been tending to my plant hanging from my second floor balcony, one day I decided to give ...

Our Little Wren 
We have several nesting boxes in our yard for the wrens & this year they chose the one my husband (Dan) built that has a front porch.

We can sit on ...

Wrens Nesting WalMart Bags 
We have a bunch of Wal-Mart Plastic bags inside of one Bag, hanging on a hook by the outside the back door.

My wife started to grab one out and noticed ...

Here a Home , There a home, 
Last year a little wren chose my BBq pit and we didn't BBq until they flew. Everyday I checked on them.

The parents entertained us by their chirpy songs....

Wren Nest Building 
Our male wren has been scouting for a mate since the beginning of summer. He's placed so many twigs in his birdhouse that some had to be removed.

As ...

Wren Nesting In Our Birdhouse 
My daughter and I have been watching this wonderful mother wren for weeks. My daughter named her Isabella.

Last Week the eggs hatched and 5 beautiful ...

Peeping Wren 
If you look in the "hole" in the middle of this nest, you can see the momma Carolina Wren sitting on her eggs.

She and her mate built their nest in ...

Nest Rbbing Wrens? 
We had a birdhouse that swallows loved to nest in last year. This year they came back again and checked it out. Decided it was good for them and started ...

Wren In Jeep Spare Tire 
We have always had house wrens around our Florida home in the middle of the Ocala National Forest and on a lake. It never ceases to amaze me at some of ...

Raising Orphan Baby Wrens 
My son-in-law had his canoe parked in his yard. He went fishing with a few friends and while fishing, they heard some tiny chirps.

There was a nest,...

Wren Nesting in a Bleach Bottle! 
We live in Central Texas, and once had a wren's nest in a bleqch bottle in our garage! I had cut the white bottle to hang on the line strung across the ...

Sparrow kills House Wren 
Last year my son built a birdhouse in his first year of woodworking in junior high. I was so proud I painted a cute garden scene on the front and we put ...

Wren Nesting in Little Chiminea Fireplace 
Dear All,

This was taken on Mother’s Day…see the see little Carolina Wren making a nest for her eggs upcoming.

This is our little chiminea fireplace ...

2010 Carolina Wren Nesting Effort -- Succesful! 
Last year a snake had raided the wren nest on our front porch in a watering can eating all the baby wrens. The snake didn’t survive the encounter either....

Wrens Haven't Returned 
A male and female wren has come to our front porch awning for the past several springs making their nest and having babies sometimes twice in a season....

Winter Nested Carolina Wren 
I have a hanging basket in my carport that has the coconut hair on the outer portion and some soil inside.

In early November I noticed a small round ...

Wren Nesting In Gourd 
I have had the Carolina wrens nesting in my backyard for several years.

I hung a gourd on the fence near the garden last spring,the gourd was grown ...

Wrens in Hanging Plant  
We have a spider plant on our back deck hanging under the eave. It's going to get mighty chilly tonight in Cincinnati, so my husband just brought the ...

Wrens? Falling Out of Nest... 
We have a little bird house in our yard that is used every year 2-3 "sets" of babies a season. It is not uncommon to occasionally find a small baby on ...

Wren Nesting in Basket 
I had brought an old used robins' nest into the house several years ago. It sat in a basket and was an interesting conversation starter and fun for the ...

Wren Sequel/Snake Story, " Experiences in SE Virginia" 
Follow-on to the sad Wren story previously posted; the first part is somewhat repetitious, the second part is entirely new.

On July 4, 2009 a black ...

Wren Nesting In Birdfeeder 
Earlier this spring I found a few twigs in my birdfeeder just off the deck.

I cleared them out without thinking about it, but later realized it must ...

Frustrated Wren Fledglings 
Follow-up to Bird Netting Failure...

I underestimated the development of the little guests tucked into their little nest under the bird netting on my ...

Gas Lamp Wren Brood 
Right off the corner of our deck is an old gas lamp - the kind many have by their driveways. This one has not been used in years - it is not even hooked ...

Shoe, Sweet ,Shoe 
Who would have thought that drying out ones shoes would invite a new visitor?

We had just returned from a very wet camping trip and most of our shoes ...

Wren Experinces in SE Virginia 
For years we’ve had wrens. One year they put a nest on our front porch in a wooden Dutch shoe--another year on a side porch through a hole in the screen ...

Bird Netting Failure 
When we bought our 30's Colonial Revival house on 3/4 acre in the upper Shenandoah Valley of Virginia 12 years ago, the previous owners left behind a small ...

Wrens Nesting in Asparagus Fern! 

This is such a miracle! We saw the couple building their nest in my Asparagus Fern on our deck from start to finish, it was great fun to see them ...

Wrens In a Basket 
I was working in the garage a couple weeks ago when I saw a bird fly in the back door. This is not so unusual, as we feed birds in the backyard and have ...

Possible abandoned house wren nest? 
PLEASE HELP! I am not sure what to do, if anything. I have a small bird house in the lilac tree outside my bedroom window.

I have been enjoying watching ...

Room With A View 
This little bird house has been up for a few years. This year we finally had "wren"ters. It's fun to watch them fly in one side and out the other!

Wren In Topsy Turvy Tomato Planter 
One day my husband went to water his tomato plant that was hanging off our front porch. He was greatly surprised when a very angry wren flew out at him....

Wren Babies In Vase.... 

Inside Vase

On my deck there is a huge tubular Vase, on top is a planter with dried flowers..my pup went bonkers yesterday, sniffing and ...

Babies without a Mom 
Every year a Carolina Wren makes its nest in our birdhouse under our eave. Sometimes, she/he would flash by me as I walked by only to return shortly.

Recently,...

Wrens at Sporting Clays Club 
I'm a bird lover who also happens to enjoy sporting clays shooting. You'd think the sound of shotguns going off would chase the birds from the grounds,...

Bird in Geranium Plant 
I am very new to "birding." About the only birds I have in my back yard are sparrows, black birds and an occasional Cardinal, (my favorite) and a pair ...

Wren nesting in ivy---part two 
Today is May 19th--nine days after I noticed my baby wrens had hatched.
After hearing chirping ...

Wren Nest in Bike Bag - ON BIKE 
We had recently been hearing a lot of wrens this spring trilling about in the woods on the back side of our property and had noticed their volume and pitch ...

Wren nesting in camp chair 
We have a few camp chairs on our back porch that are not in use. The wren decided to start her nest.

I noticed little by little that she brought pieces ...

INSIDE my SHED? 
My husband is building a wonderful "Work Shed" that is 90% finished where I will have a studio work on whatever "Craft" I'm into at the time. The building ...

Wren nesting in nest brought home from Mauritisu 
Whilst holidaying in Mauritius in Nov 08 we experienced hundreds of weaver bird nests hanging from trees, it was delightful to see the activity.

When ...

A cactus Wren's SNOW experience 
I have Cactus Wrens all over the place here in the high desert Mtns. I used to get so frustrated with these little buggars, tearing up my patio furniture,...

Butt Bucket Mom 
Did someone say wrens nest in strange places around the house?

Wren Rescue Story 
This spring my wren built it's nest in a "cheapy" wooden bird house that I had placed above my light fixture on my back porch. I noticed the activity there ...

Nest in Motorcycle Helmet 
We had a wren build a nest in my husband's motorcycle helmet that was on a shelf in our garage.

In the past we had been able to intervene before the ...

Condominiums  
About 10 years ago I started learning woodworking. I found a pattern for bird house condominiums.

I built one that is 5 foot tall and has 10 apartments ...

Wren in Wreath 
A few weeks ago I walked past the grape vine wreath covered with silk hydrangeas I hung next to our front door and noticed things weren't the same as usual....

Wrens On Myy Porch 
I grew birdhouse gourds last summer an have been very lax about completing my projects. Some are already painted, some only cleaned out, some still hanging ...

The Entertaining House Wren 
I'm calling my lil house wren, 'THE INNER CITY MEADOWLARK'. The voice is such a sweet melody, that stops you in your tracks.

As soon as the dawn breaks,...

Wren Interesting Nesting Choice 
I first noticed this bird in May, by the short aggressive calls that were very loud from such a small bird.

I figured the bird was looking for a mate....

Is There Hope 
This year, I was blessed with a mama wren and 4 babies in my pot of sweet potatoe vines and wavy petunias on the rail of my deck!

We have mini weenies ...

Wren Nest in Upright Bottle 
I used a large plastic bottle to fill my birdfeeders this winter. I left it by the back door which is under a wide awning.

I noticed something in the ...

Wren Box On Deck 
We live in eastern NC. in a rural area & watched as the adult wrens built nest in box, and then as food was brought to the babies.

My husband and I ...

Wren Eating Suet 
This little Wren comes by my window daily to eat the suet I have hanging there.
It sings so pretty and pecks on my window thinking it see's another Wren ...

Carolina Wren On My Mind 
Behind my house, within view of my bedroom window is a plastic trash bin where my children store wiffle ball bats & pool noodles, and other such items....

Wren Close To Home 
Last spring we heard a new song in the backyard and eventually saw the tiny bird who was producing it, a male house wren who I mistook for a female since ...

More Babies Yippee 
Two years ago a little married couple of wrens built a nest in my hanging planter among the impatiens.

Each day I would look into the nest and to my ...

Wrens Nest Damaged 
We have a wren who has built onto a swallows nest from last year, either male or female has been sitting low inside the nest and peeping out.

Tonight ...

Disappearing Eggs... 
We have a wren who was sitting on 3 eggs as of last night. They have been in the nest for 10 days or there about.

Mommy has been diligent but this morning ...

Nesting in the Chimenea 
My Wife and I moved into an apartment while we are having a new home built, we have had bird feeders before, but are not avid birders.

We have a small ...

Wren Nesting In Flower Pot   Not rated yet
I discovered a wren nest in our hanging flower pot with the flowers in full bloom. When my wife came too close to the hanging pot the little wren would ...

Wren nest webcam update  Not rated yet
And then there were three eggs. The female has laid one egg a day over the past three days. Based on their nesting habits we can expect a couple more ...

Wren Babies Take First Flight!  Not rated yet
June 26, 2010 was a blessed day for the wren family and me, their protector and friend!

It began when I heard them outside calling loudly, and what ...

Wren Nest in Bag Of Dirt.  Not rated yet
Every time we went past a partially used bag of dirt a wren would fly out. Finally we peeked inside the bag, which was sitting on an an empty barrel, and ...

Wren Finds Independence  Not rated yet
I began watching as two Carolina Wrens built a nest in my Hibiscus plant which I'd just put out on the upper deck for the Summer.

The plant wasn't all ...

Clothesline Wren Family  Not rated yet
On our back porch we have a clothesline. I recently hung the clothespin bag on the line and soon discovered a pair of wrens busily building a nest.

I ...

Wren AND Cardinal In Flower Box  Not rated yet
Well I have an interesting story that maybe someone can shed light on.

I discovered this morning in my flower box baby wrens but this is the interesting ...

Cat Kills Wren, Four Orphaned  Not rated yet
I have had wrens nesting in my potted plants for thirty years. Every spring, I have moved my large house plants outside on the porch so the wrens could ...

Wren Nesting In Flower Pot  Not rated yet
Low and behold, the Carolina Wren chose my geranium pot to build the nest. Now, on Mother's Day, I have a nest of five chicks on my patio table. I look ...

Wren Nest in Screw Box and BBQ Grill  Not rated yet
We live in Tampa Florida near a conservation area. We enjoy the company of several birds in our area.

It's not uncommon to see an Osprey dive to steal ...

Wren Nesting in Christmas Wreath  Not rated yet
My family has always kidded me about Christmas. I love to decorate and hate taking it down. Sometimes family can come to visit as late as June or July ...

Accessory Table Wren   Not rated yet
A good sign that I have not been using my patio much this last six months. To my surprise I found all kinds of straw and leaves on my accessory table,...

Nested in Milk Crate  Not rated yet
Wrens started hanging out under our carport this spring (2009), much to our surprise and delight. We're in eastern Arkansas near Memphis and don't recall ...

Wren nesting in backdoor  Not rated yet
I have a missing pane on my back door thanks to the neighbor kid breaking my storm window and I never got around to replacing it. Last year a bird built ...

Wren and Upside Down Tomato  Not rated yet
Dear Sir

Mom got a tomato plant that is hanging upside down. Well I just noticed 2 little wrens are nesting and yes there are babies in that nest.

They ...

Wrens nesting in kids playhouse!!  Not rated yet
A couple of days ago whilst watching our kids playing in the garden, we noticed a lot of activity in the playhouse at the top of the garden.

We watched ...

Wrens nesting in porch light  Not rated yet
For several years in a row, we had house wrens nesting inside our porch light. It's a hanging light that has a metal "roof" over the glass enclosure, and ...

Yearly Wreath Visitors  Not rated yet
For the last 5 years or so, we have had wrens building their nest in a wreath that we have hanging in the carport area. We have watched both "parents"...

Wren in Wreath  Not rated yet
My husband and I noticed a couple of weeks ago a nest being built in a wreath on our front door. At first we thought it couldn't be. So, close to the ...

Wren Nesting In Ivy  Not rated yet
In the past few years I have noticed wrens hanging around my central Alabama home and encouraged their presence by putting out crushed peanuts for them ...

Wrens on the Porch  Not rated yet
Our family has frequently kept the door to the enclosed back porch propped open in good weather so dogs can come and go at will. Wrens have built many ...

"Little Mamma's" Nest  Not rated yet
In the Spring of 2008, I saw some pine straw poking out of the garage door light fixture. I decided to clean it out, so I got the ladder and climbed ...

Wren nesting on Propane Tank  Not rated yet
We found a wren nest on top of the propane tank in our yard. We have 5 eggs in the nest.

Wrens nesting in Xmas wreath  Not rated yet
This year I forgot to take down my Xmas wreath on the front door. In the summer time we use the front porch a lot.

We have had a lot of cold weather ...

Nest Among The Clothspins  Not rated yet
One morning I went out to hang my laundry on the line.

I put my hand into my clothespin bag only to find it stuffed full of twigs.

I emptied the ...

Carolina Wrens Part 2  Not rated yet
About 10 years ago I had a pair of wrens nest in an old tin can I had out by the BBQ grill.

Because there was a prowling neighborhood cat, I feared ...

Eating In The Bag  Not rated yet
I live in Fort Worth, TX and have a bird feeder in the back yard usually covered in Dove and House Finches.

On occassion a Wren will just avoid the ...

Front Porch Nesters  Not rated yet
For the last several years the house wrens have taken up residence on my front porch, building in a hanging basket or potted plant on a table.

They ...

Housecleaning Wren  Not rated yet
A house wren is cleaning out debris from a used birdhouse.

Bit by bit the remains of an old nest and an old wasp nest is being removed from the little ...

Wren Nesting in Nostril  Not rated yet
We have a bird house hanging from our back deck. It is the face of, I would say troll with large nostril openings.

It has been entertaining watching ...

Nesting Inside The Garage  Not rated yet
Several days I watched a male & Female coming to the door of our garage with what I thought to be insects in their bills.

The birds sat on the fence ...

Wren in Decorative Birdhouse  Not rated yet
Last year we had a pair of wrens for the first time, stealing green garden twine I had placed in a grapevine wreath. We had a horrific wind and the nest ...

Wren Nesting in Chair  Not rated yet
We live in a house that sits high in the trees, so we get bird activity close to the house on a regular basis, but this is a bit too much! :)

Since ...

Wren In Bedroom Window  Not rated yet
My friend and I found a wren nest in his bedroom window, in the corner of the ledge, between the glass and the screen.

It turned out that the bird could ...

Wrens Return 2nd Year  Not rated yet
We have a covered patio that is inset into our house on the back side, which we have crammed full of patio furniture, refrigerator, and toys (3 young kids)...

Wren In Flower Pot  Not rated yet
My granddaughter found 4 beautiful, tiny birds in a flower pot we had put in a wire basket about 5 feet high on our back porch wall.

They are just born ...

Wren Nesting In Chair  Not rated yet
The wren family built a nest in a folding chair on my carport.

When the chair is in folded position it provides cone shaped fabric cups that are ideal ...

Strange Nesting Place  Not rated yet
We've seen one or more Carolina Wrens around our yard for the past three years or so, even though we're pretty far North for them.

I think that they ...

Nest In Fan Exhaust  Not rated yet
Every year we have wrens that nest in an old bathroom fan exhaust on the side of our house. It's in the perfect location for our two indoor cats to watch ...

Wren Nesting In Hanging Basket  Not rated yet
We have a wren nesting in our large hanging basket. I have just seen the first baby emerge clinging to the wall as it made it's way up.

Mum/Dad sitting ...

Nesting In Tool Box  Not rated yet
The wren family occupied a little rectangular tool box filled with garden tools on my second floor deck.

The activity was incredibly busy all day long,...

Carolina Wren Nesting In Chimenea  Not rated yet
We have a cabin just south of Woodsfield, Ohio and were delightfully surprised when we went to do our first mowing for the season to find that we had a ...

Wrens In Bar-B-Que  Not rated yet
From my kitchen window I can see my back deck and a few weeks ago I watched a bird bringing what I thought looked like pretty big sticks into a hole in ...

Wren Nesting In Wash Bucket  Not rated yet
This spring I saw a pair of wrens bringing oak leaves and long grasses to my deck in rural East Tennessee.

I never saw where they were dropping off ...