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.

House wrens nest in cavities. They may use an old woodpecker hole, ... Box placement may help keep the birds apart. Wrens like areas where there are trees and shrubs.

Insects make up 97 percent of a house wren’s diet; Entice them with a bird house; Clean out the bird house in spring; My friend extols the virtues of house wrens for one’s garden.

Two wren nesting studies found that house wrens prefer nest boxes with old nests in them. So much for cleaning the next box out each spring. Let's talk about the nest or, should I say, nests.

Despite its name, the house wren is unlikely to be found around your house – especially during its highly energized breeding season, when males are furiously building nests, challenging rival… ...

House wrens are little dynamos, ... Wrens covet all nest sites on their territory, and can become fierce pillagers of other birds' nests. This is where they run afoul of some humans.

SPRINGVILLE, Alabama -- A pair of House Wrens care for their young after making a nest in a metal game camera box I left out on my back porch. I had been busy and out of town when my wife ...

There’s a welcome sound absent from my yard this spring and I’m not sure why.Bill Moyer of Coopersburg reports the same thing.“I have eight bird boxes out primarily for wrens,” he writes.

DEAR JOAN: Last year, a pair of small birds, maybe finches or house wrens, established a perfectly constructed nest in a wreath on my front door. The door has a large window so I was able to ...

While the male cicada makes a noise as it whizzes from tree to tree, the male wren does the same thing by building nests for the female of the species. Wrens are those small chirpy birds about 4 ...

If it finds a nest that has already been built, the psycho wren will actually remove the nest, bit by bit, like a tiny repo man. And it gets worse. When a wren discovers another bird’s eggs, it ...