I just became a mother! (new babies!)

[briana1975]

The parent birds usually do a good job of protecting the little birds. My kids and dogs have gotten dive bombed by robins with half grown chicks hiding under the pine trees.

 

[wyo-helpmeet]

I know how you feel Momma, but I'm so relieved at your sad update. I thought something had happened, like bad

 

[19Dawn76]

you are so lucky!!All we get out here, close to the house, are those stupid bluebirds that poop on our cars by the mirrors.

 

[luvarabhorses]

I was wondering if you didn't mean Carolina Wren on the front porch. They build nests in really strange places and like to be near people. The Mom and Dad work together to raise the babies. They are very funny to read about. I had one in my front porch planter also.
I had a bird box that I had planned on putting up sitting on my bench on the back porch. I finally went to put it up and angry C. wren flys out squawking at me. sorry! I just left it there and she is back in it this year. You have to walk by it to leave the porch, and it is about two feet from the deck, strange.

 

[Becky89*]

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[NellaBean]

You know what, it might actually be a Carolina Wren instead of a Tennessee Warbler! Looking at the pics, it looks even more like one of those. And the eggs look about the same.....

I consider it a sad update as my little babies are leaving the nest! Wah! I'm not prepared for this! I might have to get more baby chicks to make up for my "empty nest' syndrome.

 

[quiltnchik]

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Actually, the Carolina Wren papa is the one that feeds and rears its young, while the mama flies off in search of another mate.

We had Carolina Wrens build in the grill of my DH's broken down Dodge pickup a while back, and one of the babies died after fledging (found it in front of the truck, dead). We now have a nest in our dryer vent, so we disconnected the hose and have it venting into the crawl space until they leave. They really do pick some weird places to build, but I've always heard it's good luck to have them build in/on/around your house

 

[PineBurrowPeeps]

I have never seen a nest so full of poo before, messy little buggers huh?!

 

[luvarabhorses]

This is my favorite article about house wrens. We have Carolina wrens around here, which act the same, just look at little different.

 

[luvarabhorses]

Trying to make second and third bigger, from Song and Garden Birds of North America by National Geographic society