The Avairy-- aka Gone to the Birds

[Liam]

It has taken a few days, for me to identify the latest additions, to the backyard, Rock Wrens. Busy little birds!

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/rock_wren/id

[Jess]

Originally Posted by Liam

It has taken a few days, for me to identify the latest additions, to the backyard, Rock Wrens. Busy little birds!

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/rock_wren/id

Maybe it's all wrens who are such industrious lil fellers. Around here Carolina wrens abound and will constantly be building nests in and around where you are working. I think they like the co-worker aspect of homebuilding.

I was out in the yard ( at our old place) clearing out a shed and moving stuff from the back porch to the shed. So, the little guys attempted 3 nests that day. One in the shed, one on the back porch and one in one of the holes that run along the top of the truck bed. LOL!

They would always build a little nest in one of my planter boxes too, so we got babies every year.

This year a sparrow has built a nest in Christie's pink hanging begonia! Makes watering a little tricky!

[Arwen]

Last year's Hibiscus renters:

First, Mama perches on the Hibiscus bush. You can see that she is egg-heavy here.



The results of all her and Mr. Mockingbird's hard work.



What was interesting to me is that about 5 days into the life of the babies (post hatch) another adult mockingbird was feeding them. I thought I was losing it, until I saw all three at the same time. No squabbling. Not sure how that occurred, but it did. Somewhere I have a picture of the babies actually hatching from the shell.