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bubbling songs, irrepressible energy and fuss-budget disposition. These
attributes more than make up for the house wrens drab colors. They are often called Jenny Wrens, house wrens are also easy to attract to birdhouses . This, along with their joyous singing, making them a backyard favorite. They love to sing. A hardy full voice these little birds have. There is 10 types of wrens in North America, but the house wren is the most common. During nesting season, you can spot these birds in residential and rural backyards from coast to coast, and as far north as southern Canada, Hose wrens spend winters in the Deep South. While the males and females look alike, brown above and gray below, with a noticeably upturned tail. In the spring, males arrive first in breeding territories. Amazingly, many return to the same place they nested the previous year. In their first breeding season, male wrens will even try to establish a territory close to where they hatched. The males vigorously defend their territories, which range from 1/4 acre to more than 3 acres. Upon arriving, they'll immediately announce their presence by singing, and will scold, threaten or chase intruders, regardless of their size. The male wren is the most protective of all very bold and more aggressive then most big birds. The males are wracked with worry. Until the females arrive, males stuff everything available birdhouse and nesting cavity in their territories with sticks. Possible nesting sites include birdhouses, mail boxes, shoes, the pockets in clothing drying on the line, empty tin cans, tree cavities, the list is endless and unpredictable. By the time the females arrive two weeks later or so, The males are bursting with song and then take the hopeful females to all his hot spots until she chooses one. Then the ungrateful female immediately rearranges the crudely built nest to her liking, often tossing out the sticks to make room for a more suitable nesting material. Like grass, plant fibers, feathers and sometimes a bit of rubbish.. Then when will lay about 6 or 7 speckled white eggs and incubate them for 2 weeks. The male however stands guard, during this busy time, making more dummy nests and even luring another mate to his territory. That's right!! Like many birds, house wrens have multiple mates. Many switch partners between their first and second broods, and one or both may begin a new nest cycle even before the young from the first nest are their own. Surprisingly, these birds find a way to juggle multiple families without neglecting any of the young. Both the male and female will feed the hatchlings from dawn to dusk. Even after leaving the nest, the adults feed the fledglings for a bout a week. No wonder house wrens appear to have unlimited energy, they need it. House wrens eat insects, and therefore don't usually visit seed or suet feeders. So the best way to attract them to your backyard is to hang a birdhouse built specifically for wrens, When building a wren house, the most important thing is to make the entrance hole 1 inch in diameter. This smaller hole will keep two of the wrens, most common enemies house sparrows and European starlings at bay. And while other birdhouses should be firmly anchored, wren houses may swing freely. This will further protect them from sparrows, starlings and predators who don't like houses that sway. Once you put up a wren house you won't have to put a "For Wrent" sign. Odds are it won't be long before a spunky house wren moves right in and claims your backyard as its own. Description: About 5 inches long, it has a plump little body, gray brown with tiny bars on the wings and tall. underreports are grayish white. The female lays 5 - 6 pink or white eggs with brown spots. They hatch in 12 - 15 days and fledgelings leave the nest in 16 or 17 days. Habitat: House wrens are found in wooded and rural areas, as well as suburbs, wooded canyons and mountain forests. Their nests are made of twigs, grass and feathers placed in any cavity, natural or man made, such as a birdhouse. Foods: They eat insects and spiders. Facts: Wrens are small, brown birds that usually carry their tails upright. The well known House Wren is a garden bird that lacks distinct head markings. The tiny northern Winter Wren has a dark belly and shorter tail. Carolina Wren of the Southeast has a large white eye stripe and a ruddy back. Western wrens include Buck's Wren with a white eye stripe and a lone tail with narrow white border, Canyon Wren with white breast and contrasting dark belly, Rock Wren with faint breast steaks and buff frigid tail, and the hinge cactus wren of the deserts. Did you know?: Male house wrens lay nest
foundations of sticks in several holes. The female chooses one and lines
it with soft materials before she lays her eggs. We were glad we did. My
son had a lot of fun watching the mother wren raise her family. We
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