Wren Nesting In Wash Bucket

by Lorrie
(Dayton, TN, USA)

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 their nesting material, but I knew it was somewhere near the corner of the elevated wooden deck where I have a table and chairs.

I was hoping they were not building a nest under my table, because that meant I would not be able to use the table and chairs until the chicks were hatched and gone.

After a week or so, I didn't think I saw the wrens again, so I thought they had given up on finding a nesting site on my deck, much to my relief!

It has been about 2 weeks since we had been outside using our deck because of cold weather and wind, so this morning my husband and I sat on the deck drinking coffee.

I noticed a gallon size plastic bucket that I had left on a shelf under the table ever since last fall.

It was full of grass and leaves, and we discovered several tiny eggs resting in the loose nesting material.

We had finally discovered where the wrens had made their nest, so now we will wait until we know they have hatched their babies and are gone before we drink our coffee outside again!