Birders

dixiegrrrrl

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2. You can tell a house wren by 3 things ( we have lots of them)

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 08:54 PM

Jul 2012

Their tails stick straight up, and are short. They are kinda plump. Sparrows have tails in a straight line from the back.

They have VERY loud "cheeebee cheebee" repeated calls, and usually you will the mate repeating the call from a distance. did I mention they are LOUD?
They nest around humans, without fear. But they usually take food to the young when humans cannot notice.
ALL the house wrens I have seen around our house make their own nest ( small but deep) and lay their own small speckled eggs. They lay 4-5 eggs before they settle down to incubate.When on the nest, you usually only see the top of their brown head. The eyes DO look a bit beady, for sure.
I strongly suspect you have a wren, who will happily munch on all bugs around your doorway and porch.

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