A Carolina Wren built a beautiful domed nest on my patio. I believed it to be a mock nest to divert predators, but now there are 4 eggs in it and they are due to hatch any day. How exciting. The Mother wren (Annabell) leaves the nest now and then for lunch or a date with her husband. If she wants to come back to the nest and I am sitting on the patio (eek, a human) she will run along outside the fence line and squawk like a chicken until I go in the house, allowing her to return to her nest. I have been very careful not to go too close to the nest or disturb her. I put out some wild birdseed, but the wrens don't seem to like it. I can hear Annabell's husband (Archie's) beautiful song early in the morning or whenever he is calling to her. Now, wherever I go in Austin, I can recognize the song of the Carolina Wren. Thank you for the lovely pictures.
Carolina
11-Dec-2009 16:49
Our house backs up to the state park in Cedar Hill, TX. Just heard the sounds of a beautiful bird, looked outside and there on the fence ledge was a Carolina Wren, singing its heart out.