The wren, meanwhile, continued his rounds, moving from nest box to nest box, laying claim to them all. A female wren, if one ...

When the wren finishes what it must think is “good enough,” he will fly off, perhaps to build another nest for another bird. His mate-in-waiting must now take over.

To persuade the chickadees to nest somewhere else, I never cleaned last year’s wren nests out of the boxes. I thought my plan was working. House wrens construct their nests from sticks, ...

Wrens are known for a wide variety of nesting sites. I had a book as a child that told "Jenny" wren stories of nests in pockets of clothes hung to dry, in old tin cans, in a box in a garden shed.

In about 15 wren species, multiple nests are built within a male’s territory, occasionally by both male and female, but often built mainly by the male (no data available for six of these species).

Naturalists and volunteers at Erie Bluffs State Park check bird houses each week this time of year to chart nesting activity.

To persuade the chickadees to nest somewhere else, I never cleaned last year’s wren nests out of the boxes. I thought my plan was working. House wrens construct their nests from sticks, ...

By Howard Whiteman Murray State University It was an odd place for a hummingbird nest, but there it was. I typically think ...