House wrens may lay as many as 10 eggs in one brood. On occasion, the eggs may hatch in only nine days, but 12 is more typical. You'll know the moment because the babies begin cheeping.

House wren eggs inside a nest box. Submitted photos. Nature has many different ways to accomplish the same goal. No two types of eggs are exactly the same, and there are just as many methods parents ...

By early July, most wren pairs will be working on a second clutch of four to six eggs. Invertebrates eaten by wrens include grasshopper, leafhoppers, beetles, caterpillars, earwigs, snails, and ticks.

For eastern phoebes, a single nest requires so much incubating that splitting up the effort is almost sure to fail.

The house wren nest box is empty, but my heart is full. The annual wren nesting at Mt. Hoo has been a success. For seven years now a tiny camera has allowed my wife and I to watch this miracle ...

It is often difficult to distinguish between Mr. John Wren and Miss Jane Wren because both are small brown or buff-colored birds with tan beaks, but one can be sure the birds know their pecking order.

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.

A catbird was skulking around the forsythia in my backyard this morning, but she was stealthy enough to keep their nest a ...

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.

Carolina wrens, unlike house wrens, live here year-round. So Carolinas have a wing up, so to speak, ... even burrowing under them to find the tasty insect eggs and larva that leaves sheltered. ...

The typical house wren clutch ranges from four to eight eggs, and the female lays one a day. This took another week. After that, the female settled into incubation duties.