Northern Cardinals are celebrated for their lovely distinctive songs and their beautiful coloring. They are typically found along the eastern coast of the United States, but have been spotted as far as Arizona and New Mexico. If you want to awake every morning to the beautiful melodies of Northern Car
Read Full StoryThere is something so relaxing - so soothing - about watching birds nest, feed and go about their daily lives. I get hours of pleasure watching the different species of birds make a home in my garden - and you can too. Not only will you get the enjoyment of watching nature first hand, you will also be
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This house wren attacked bluebird nestlings by grabbing them and throwing out of the nestbox when the parents were away. Fortunately the people who owned the box saw it on their nestbox camera and saved the babies. A higher quality version of this video is available here: www.sialis.org Also info about house wrens here: http;//www.sialis.org
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Awhile ago some house wrens made a nest on my balcony but they had been MIA for over a week so I thought they had abanded the nest. Today I went to get something out of my storage closet and the mom was in the nest!! It scared the crap out of me when it flew out and when I looked in the nest their were four little eggs! I ran back inside and even threw some bread crumbs by the nest in hopes of getting her to come back. It just happened but I’m so worried she won’t come back! How long will it take her to come back? Will she come back? I feel so bad. Someone please tell me I didn’t just kill four baby birds.
Thank you SO much for all your answers!! haha now I realize I kinda freaked but this is my first time watching the whole nesting process and I was worried I’d just ruined it. I’m not sure if the mom is back yet b/c I can’t see into the nest but I’ve shut all the blinds near my balcony and I’m definitely not going out there again so hopefully she figures out soon that it’s safe for her to come back. Also, don’t worry about me handling the birds in any way. Even if they didn’t come back I wouldn’t have touched the eggs. I really want to see these birdies hatch but at the same time ya gotta let nature take its course. Again, thank you so much for all your help and I’m sure I’ll be back freaking out about something else. haha bye!
haha ok, I’m back w/ a question sooner than I thought I’d be. I realize now that it was kinda dumb to throw the bread by the nest b/c it could attract other birds but I don’t want to scare off the mom again by going out there to clean them up. Last time she didn’t fly away until I was right in front of the nest and most of the crumbs are behind it so I can get to them without her seeing me but she’ll definitely be able to hear me. Should I risk scaring her again to clean up some of the bread or just leave it be?
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This animal is burrowing in loose light brown dirt that is right next to my house and bird feeders. It has small eggs the size of a dime or penny. I see house wrens around them, but ive never heard of a burrowing house wren! Ive tried to look it up, but i cant find anything!
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I had 2 birds competing for one nestbox in my yard. First, the tufted titmice were there. Then, about 3 days ago, I saw some annoying house wrens going into the box. I tried everything (including wren guards) to keep them out, but they still found a way to get in there. So, after noticing for 3 days that the house wrens were going in there and fearing that my chickadee’s nest would be there next target, I decided to place a trap over the entrance hole to move the birds far away from my yard ( I know I can’t kill them). But today I caught a tufted titmouse?
What’s going on? Are both species using the same nestbox? The only species that I’ve seen going in and out of the box are the house wrens.
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I just heard it not long ago, around 5 in the morning. I’ve heard the call before, and my memory seems to be connecting it with an owl I once saw… though, I can’t find any lists of owls in my area to search for sound clips, so it’s difficult. :/
I live in a fair sized industrial city, in Southern Ontario… so it’s not often I see more than house wrens, starlings, blue jays, mourning doves, pigeons, cardinals, sea gulls and crows. Our wildlife is very limited.
Anyway, it’s still very dark and the morning chorus hasn’t been sounding for long. Started up shortly after I heard this call. I want to say the bird has a good chance of being nocturnal, but really… I don’t know enough to make such assumptions.
I’m going to try to describe this in as much detail as possible.
The call would last for about 6 seconds, pause for closer to 10, then it would sound again.
The sound it would make was somewhere between a very repetitive gentle hoot and a coo.
It repeated quickly, maybe 4 times per second, no pause between the sounds.
The pitch was a little bit higher than a mourning dove’s.
The volume was pretty low. Very eerie. I’m not sure if the bird was distant, or if it was just soft.
If my memory serves me right, then the other times in the past that I heard the call would have been between 9 PM and Midnight.
That’s… about all I can give you.
Any ideas whatsoever will help. Maybe it’s not an owl at all? I’ll be looking up every suggestion to try and confirm.
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I’ve noticed I have numerous types of birds visiting or living in my yard. Just today I saw cardinals, blue jays, house wrens, a brown thrasher, bluebirds, hummingbirds, some sort of large, red headed woodpecker (with a round head, no crest), mockingbirds, sparrows, robins and a couple more which I have no idea what they are. I also have a catbird living close by.
And so I started wondering what sort of bird I’d like to be if I could be one, and I think I’d like to be an owl of some sort. I think it would be cool to glide through the trees like a sentinel of the night or perch on a very high limb, just a silhouette against the Moon.
What about you? What bird would you like to be, if any?
Thanks,
Omega Ω
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We have a little nesting house hanging outside our window, and we notice that the baby birds inside periodically give the mother bird something after she gives them a worm, or other animal. It’s white, looks a bit like a small egg, and is oval-shaped. Does anyone know what this is?
The species of birds are wrens of some kind, if that is necessary.
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Specifically Bluebirds and Wrens.
Or can the old nests be left in place?
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The roof doesn’t come off this birdhouse, the opening is about 3 inches by 2 inches. The wasp nest is about the size of a baseball. And a half built wren nest all crammed in there. What kind of tools will I need to safely remove the wasp nest? I don’t believe the wasps are currently occupying the nest and I am not sure I want to find that out the hard way. Will the presence of the wrens keep the wasps from coming back?
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I have Cactus Wrens, House Finches, Golden Finches, and Grackles.
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Hummingbirds are fun, entertaining, full of energy and it’s easy to attract hummingbirds.
