Over the last few springs we’ve had the pleasure of watching house wrens build nests in bird boxes that are nailed to posts at our back deck. This is a ritual I have come to anticipate and enjoy viewing.
During this past week, not only one, but two house wrens have been around. They’ve been squabbling with each other a little, which is also fun to watch. They don’t seem to get nasty, just raise their voices in higher, greater, and longer trills.
The house wren is not much larger than a hummingbird. It moves quickly and works hard. Oftentimes it sits atop a bird box just trilling away – singing out for a mate, I believe. When it’s not trilling, it is busy building nests, stick by stick.
I caught, on camera, this activity – this industrious little bird working so hard.
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