House Wren—HOWR
House Wrens winter in the south. They head north to set up nest and bring up a family every year arriving around the beginning of May each year (the earliest in my collection was April 29 when I captured a photo of one in our maple tree. They are regular visitors to our yard often nesting in out backyard box, although in recent years they seem to prefer the box in our back neighbor’s garden.
One place they like to perch and sing is this utility cable across the street and slightly down the road from our house. I usually realize one of them is there when I hear its distinctive call while sitting on the front steps watching the birds at the feeders. Given that its diet is mostly insects of various sorts, it’s not surprising that we don’t see these birds at our feeders, but they do occasionaly rest on one of the feeder supports.
House Wren—HOWR
House Wrens winter in the south. They head north to set up nest and bring up a family every year arriving around the beginning of May each year (the earliest in my collection was April 29 when I captured a photo of one in our maple tree. They are regular visitors to our yard often nesting in out backyard box, although in recent years they seem to prefer the box in our back neighbor’s garden.
One place they like to perch and sing is this utility cable across the street and slightly down the road from our house. I usually realize one of them is there when I hear its distinctive call while sitting on the front steps watching the birds at the feeders. Given that its diet is mostly insects of various sorts, it’s not surprising that we don’t see these birds at our feeders, but they do occasionaly rest on one of the feeder supports.
Pair Furnishing Their Nest
In the early 2000s, we installed a nest box in the back yard strategically positioned at the north edge of the trees and bushes so the birds could approach the nest from the wooded side but also so that I could photograph activity from the back window.
In May 2004, back in my Olympus days, this pair of House Wrens enthusiastically furnished the nest box and successfully raised two young.
This page last updated Aug 16, 2021.