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

Head southwest to see a cactus wren.. Nests and Eggs. The male is serious about nest-building in spring, because it’s what helps him attract a mate. He starts constructing a few nests at once.

Sometimes it’s the little miracles we remember the most.For nearly 20 years we’ve had house wrens nesting at Mt. Hoo, so it became routine each spring knowing there was activity in the … ...

The second box held an old house wren nest and also a house ant nest. The third box, the one high in the rose arbor, held a mossy chickadee nest, carefully built on top of last year’s house wren ...

And house wrens destroy chickadee eggs — and bluebird eggs and tufted titmouse eggs — even when they have already claimed a nest cavity of their own. The wrens have their reasons.

Seven or eight is average for house wrens, nine or 10 unusual. A second nesting, however, likely will be four to six eggs. The female lays one egg per day, usually first thing in the morning.

The gourd, piled high with a jumble of twigs, must be turned into what the female wren perceives to be adequate living quarters to lay her eggs. The female hovers around the nest, bringing in ...

This week’s featured creature is a rather dull looking little brown bird that passes through the Ada area during spring and fall migration.

Wren eggs are incubated by both the male and female and hatch quickly. Within a month after the eggs first appear, the young are fledging. Once the box is empty, the adult wrens may nest a second ...

In fact, they’re well along with nest duties before migrant house wrens arrive. Unfortunately, the house wren’s apparent disadvantage seems to endow them with an attitude.

House wrens are spunky little birds about the size of a newly hatched chicken. They once inhabited almost every backyard and garden, consuming insects and chattering away to inform the world of ...