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House wrens feeding (Original Post) Woodwizard Jul 2020 OP
Those babies are running mama bird ragged!! Alliepoo Jul 2020 #1
Oh, that birdhouse!!! secondwind Jul 2020 #2
Can you tell what they are feeding them? I have several houses of wrens and their song and squeals Frustratedlady Jul 2020 #3
They are insect eaters Woodwizard Jul 2020 #5
I thought so, as they are never at the bird feeders. Frustratedlady Jul 2020 #6
they blabber at me all day...my gardening soundtrack! NRaleighLiberal Jul 2020 #4

Frustratedlady

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3. Can you tell what they are feeding them? I have several houses of wrens and their song and squeals
Mon Jul 6, 2020, 09:01 AM
Jul 2020

pretty much dominate the yard. I love having them around.

Interesting birdhouse.

Frustratedlady

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6. I thought so, as they are never at the bird feeders.
Mon Jul 6, 2020, 09:33 AM
Jul 2020

I have a security light at the front and back of the house, which draws all kinds of bugs and moths. Each morning, the steps are full of bugs and the birds clean them up each day. Not one bug left. It is a buffet.

If I try to watch them more closely, they scold me, so I give them plenty of space.

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