July 13th I decided I should clear it out. This is the super duper Bluebird nesting box, with two sides that open up. It is a clever design. We've not had bluebirds, though!
There was one egg left.
OK, back to the action. As I sat on my deck, I can hear the twitters and trills of the House Wrens. It is lovely. June 18th we were anticipating the gutter replacement, the birds having done some nice renos to the green nesting box, decided to abandon it. I don't blame them. It was quite noisy. You can see a couple of sticks poking out. They stuff it to stop bigger birds from getting in.
July 13th, I noticed the absence of sticks, they'd been moved. (Nice new eavestrough, though!) They've been at it. I don't know, I wonder if it is the same pair or another one?
The action was fun to watch. Teeny birds, and big sticks!
House wren nest building from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
This is nest building in nest box #2. It is fascinating, and hard work.
house wren nest #2 from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
Just after I cleaned the nest, I spotted a pair of brown-crested flycatchers on top of the box.
Brown-crested flycatcher from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
A sparrow was having a bath in the water fountain. It's a popular spot for birds. I had an oriole there📹 last week. Also, a male rose-breasted grosbeak📹. I saw the robin chase away the female grosbeak, too.
sparrow from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
Saturday's Critters # 448 <= if you like critters! Thanks to Eileen for hosting.
18 comments:
Hello,
The House Wrens are such busy birds, cute photos. I love the flycatcher too.
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...fun tenants!
I always enjoy having House Wrens around. They are pugnacious, cheerful little birds and defend their territories well. And they sound wonderful too.
Hari OM
It's truly absorbing to watch the whirring of nature! You need one of your camera traps pointed at the nesting box because clearly there is stuff going on!!! YAM xx
I love seeing the Wren in the green box! Very neat, and I"m jealous of your gutters! I don't have any yet, that'll probably happen next year! ☺☺
Your wrens are fun to watch, and your fountain must help in attracting birds :) We get Carolina wrens here but haven't seen any lately. I miss them; they're such perky birds!
Hello. The house wren looks like a cute bird. That green birdhouse/nesting box is beautiful.
Have a nice weekend.
What a privilege to see. Thank you for sharing.
Sweet shot of the House Wren poking its head out of the green box.
It seems that the wren family of birds is the same the world over. Always busy, noisy, demonstrative and entertaining. Our Common Wren is just the same.
You have good company around.
We have had two groups of house wrens this spring and summer. Such loud singers they are!
Wrens put in an incredible amount of energy in building a nest. They can carry some huge twigs.
I like your water fountain. We don't put up nest boxes here, our birds are too big and just make big nests up in the trees where we can't see them.
Always so delightful to be with you. Jenn
Love the viewing idea for the birdhouse!
None of my bird houses have removable bottoms, unfortunately. I shudder at the mess within!
Cooling off in the summer...how cute! And I love the birdhouse!
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