House Wrens: Fledge Day!

 

A Memorial Day surprise! When I went to my backyard to check on the House Wren nestlings, they were gone. They have fledged! Here are the images of a parent bringing prey and finding they are gone! She goes in and out of the nest three times and finally hearing them on my south fence line she flies over with the prey. Looking for the fledglings, I spot one perched in the thick woody part of my orange honeysuckle bush. I hear another but did not get a visual. Walking over to my garden I spot another fledgling but could not get a clear shot. They are doing fine and the parents will tend to them for a while longer. This has been a wonderful experience for me to follow the House Wrens as they picked a birdhouse and proceeded to raise their youngsters to fledglings. Have a wonderful Memorial Day everyone!

 

 

 

 

 

Here are the photos that I took this morning showing that the nestlings were gone and we have fledglings! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Have a super Memorial Day everyone!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

House Wrens : part 3

 

This weekend is Memorial weekend. We will never forget our brave men and women that paid the ultimate sacrifice to protect our Great Country. Have a safe and happy holiday everyone!

 

 

 

Every day as I watch the House Wrens, I am getting attached to these two wonderful birds. They are doing a great job getting a lot of the insects out of my garden. If you don't like spiders I suggest you provide some birdhouses for these wonderful wrens. They are constantly bringing spiders to the nestlings. 

 

The other day I got a shot of the two parents arriving at the birdhouse at the same time with prey. What happened was fun to watch and I wanted to share it with you. 

 

Next, I got some shots this morning of the nestlings coming close to the opening. It was great to see them begging for food and they appeared healthy. Soon they will be fledglings.

 

 

Here is what happens when both of the wren parents come to the nest house at the same time! These are the sequence showing mom and dad as they land on the roof of the birdhouse at the same time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Have a wonderful Memorial weekend everyone!