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Wren babies, adults and a wren house.

These are shots of carolina wrens who feed their fast growing babies for about 5 days in the house. The adults are constantly finding bugs, spiders, ants etc for their consumption. Both adults and babies make a sharp, staccato chuck noise with variable cadence patterns which I assume have meaning. The only one I'm certain of is the long continuous and somewhat faster pattern which seems to mean either danger or anger. I have liberally interpreted their other patterns and used those as the picture captions.
1-House is Ready.jpg
1-House is Ready.jpg
2-OK guys, chow call.jpg
2-OK guys, chow call.jpg
3-That's better.jpg
3-That's better.jpg
4-Here comes dinner.jpg
4-Here comes dinner.jpg
5-I'm still hungry.jpg
5-I'm still hungry.jpg
6-Gimme some room.jpg
6-Gimme some room.jpg
7-I'm bigger and don't share.jpg
7-I'm bigger and don't share.jpg
8-Besides I'm eating.jpg
8-Besides I'm eating.jpg
9-You're not that much bigger.jpg
9-You're not that much bigger.jpg
10-I need food too.jpg
10-I need food too.jpg
11-Ah.jpg
11-Ah.jpg
12-Joys of Motherhood.jpg
12-Joys of Motherhood.jpg
13-Finally sharing space.jpg
13-Finally sharing space.jpg
14-Tight fit.jpg
14-Tight fit.jpg
15-Happiness is a full belly.jpg
15-Happiness is a full belly.jpg
16-I'm biggest and ready to leave.jpg
16-I'm biggest and ready to leave.jpg
17-See, I'm coming out.jpg
17-See, I'm coming out.jpg
18-Ah.  More space, more food.jpg
18-Ah. More space, more food.jpg
19-I'm smartest and want one more meal.jpg
19-I'm smartest and want one more meal.jpg
20-Ah.  Mom always did like me best.jpg
20-Ah. Mom always did like me best.jpg
21-I suppose I have to leave too.jpg
21-I suppose I have to leave too.jpg
22-OK I'm coming.jpg
22-OK I'm coming.jpg