To begin with, Marjory, I’m sorry to hear about your little bluebirds. The adults will likely re-nest, but it’s still no fun to find dead baby birds. I’m also sorry if I spelled your name wrong. After ...

Dull in appearance but notable for its effervescent song, the house wren is a common summer inhabitant of scrublands and woodland edges throughout much of North America. Variation in plumage and call ...

I have to apologize for taking so long to answer your e-mail (and your question). Usually I’m pretty good at responding to e-mails, but sometimes other more tantalizing “spam” e-mails distract me and ...

While many birds curtail, so to speak, their nesting efforts during the summer, the house wren does not. They just keep going. Let's take a closer look at this clamorous, nonstop nester. This ...

Birds don't waste much time getting down to the business of nesting each spring. I've observed baby rob-ins and bluebirds that are already out of the nest. At home, I have nest boxes occupied by ...

Early this spring, I hung a small bird box from a pergola rafter ten feet from my kitchen window. I had high hopes that either Carolina chickadees or house wrens (both are cavity-nesters) would ...

Now, since the house wren chose the sculpture in the garden bed that I am in the process of weeding, I’m in rather close proximity to the nest on a daily basis. The bird flies out and lands in the ...

Like any first-time parent, I was overprotective about the new babies. In this case it was our first experience as “parents” to nesting house wrens. I had been given a small birdhouse as a Christmas ...