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Hayley's avatar

Oh how lovely and special to see baby wrens!

I had no idea the male had to build so many nests 😅😬

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Melissa Lee's avatar

Thanks for the kind restack @Emily Walrack 💚🌿

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Dave Mead's avatar

Wonderful as always Melissa, I do have a fondness for wrens. We have lots of them around the farm and, at this time of year, it’s rare to switch the Merlin app on and not record one somewhere nearby. Thanks for sharing.

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Melissa Lee's avatar

Thanks Dave 🙏🌿

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Angie Dawn's avatar

How lovely to have them nesting in your greenhouse! I also thought of wrens as being elusive (except for their song!), but am now regularly seeing them patrolling around my plant containers looking for insects.

Imagine finding 60 in one nest box!

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Melissa Lee's avatar

I know, I’d like to have been that person for sure!!

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Leonard Neamtu's avatar

It's impossible no to feel blessed when birds choose to nest close to us!

I grew up having a house martin nest on the side of the house, and we were always looking forward to see them coming back each spring.

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Melissa Lee's avatar

I agree, it does make you feel that way. I’m still sulking because my pied wagtails didn’t come back to our shed this year… I miss them!

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Pamela Leavey's avatar

One of my most favorite birds. We have Carolina, Marsh and Winter Wrens in my area.

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Melissa Lee's avatar

They’re definitely one of mine now too. How fab to have three different types! 🌿💚

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The Jaunty Gallivanter's avatar

Love this post - how lucky you were to witness this! I was absolutely thrilled to photograph a House Wren and a Carolina Wren on a recent trip, as I usually only hear wrens and never see them. I heard a Winter Wren this weekend with its beautiful song, and a Marsh Wren last week, but they did not show themselves. I'll keep looking though!

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Melissa Lee's avatar

I hope you get to see them soon! How lucky to have so many different wrens in your part of the world 🌿😊

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Melanie Cutillo's avatar

Melissa your writing always makes my morning tea time better~ but this one is so special! Thank you so much for sharing about your Wrens! A delightful read! Here in Mexico,New York (up just 4 miles east of Lake Ontario) we have 5 Wrens. Carolina, House, Sedge, Marsh, and Winter Wrens who migrate north in Spring.

Every year a pair of wrens nest somewhere in the shrubbery near my old pine stump. One year I had the side window open with the screen up and found a plucky Wren chattering at me to close the window!

I'll have to keep an eye out for them -- I can hear them in the woods and shrubbery but never get a close look at them.

Oh and thank you for sharing the bird song (UK)! It's wonderful to discover birdsongs from there!

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Melissa Lee's avatar

Hi Melanie, thanks so much for your lovely comment, you've made my morning!

I can’t believe there are five different wrens where you are! I didn’t even know there were different types until I started researching this article. How lovely.

You’re so lucky to have regular nesters. I hope you get to see the cute little fledglings soon 🤞

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Annie Allen's avatar

Loved this.

Thanks for sharing

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Melissa Lee's avatar

Thanks so much Annie 🙏🌿

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Julie Babis's avatar

Thank you for such a beautiful post. I didn’t know wrens build multiple nests.

I was sitting in the garden this afternoon and a wren hopped out from under the forsythia. I think there is a nest in there.

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Melissa Lee's avatar

Hi Julie, you are very welcome. It was a pleasure to write and research.. I didn’t know about the multiple nests until I started researching them either! I think it’s fascinating.

I hope your nest is successful and baby wrens arrive soon!

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WilM's avatar

I just love wrens. They are such inquisitive little creatures and seem quite comfortable nesting near humans. I was thrilled to come into my kitchen the other morning and find one perched on the screen of my open window. I got to observe it from maybe a foot a way for several minutes. Truly special. 💚

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Melissa Lee's avatar

Oh how lovely! They really aren’t shy are they?

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WilM's avatar

They really aren't! I wanted to share a couple photos with you of a wren that landed on my railing. Since I couldn't figure out how to share it in a comment here, I realized I could share them with a restack of your lovely article. ☺️

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Melissa Lee's avatar

Thanks so much, and I’m very happy to see your photos!!

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Linda Clark's avatar

Lovely post about the tiny wren. I had a little family under the caravan last year. When they fledged, one came inside and I had to help it back out! They are so sweet. Don’t think they are under there this year.

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Melissa Lee's avatar

That’s so sweet! I’m beginning to think they don’t reuse their nests.. neither of mine have been occupied this year, but I did see a baby wren in the hedgerow yesterday - so they’re nesting somewhere nearby.

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Maja Mielke's avatar

Thank you for sharing this magical experience. I can imagine how special this was. I love wrens! In German, we call them 'Zaunkönig' ('fence king'), and here in Flanders, where I live, they are 'winter kings'. Which fits these little braggers pretty well in my opinion 😄

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Melissa Lee's avatar

Hi Maja! Thanks so much for your comment. I love both those names. It’s such a lovely thing that such a tiny bird gets named ‘King’ 💚🌿

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Nathaniel Bowler's avatar

I love this post so much I almost cried.

I saw a Eurasian Wren once while visiting our aunt in Portugal. It was moving in the brush and popped out just long enough for me to say, "Oh, a wren!" I was new to birding in Europe, so didn't know what kind until I could consult my field guide later. What I did know was that it was beautiful.

We have three where I live. Carolina Wren is year round. They nest annually in the hanging flowers on our front porch. They'll nest anywhere, except somehow in a wren house. They never shut up ever. Loudest tiny bird ever.

House Wren is here spring-fall. Also never shuts up, but not quite as boisterous as Carolina. I'm TRYING to get them to nest here. I have two wren houses just for them. I just heard one singing this afternoon. Fingers crossed!

Winter Wren is here during...can you guess? That's the hardest one to see. Tiny and not as sociable. Gotta be patient with that one. I think they're less apt to nest near humans.

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Melissa Lee's avatar

Hi Nathaniel! Thanks so much for your comment, I'm so glad you enjoyed it. It appears that the humble wren has a lot of fans, and rightly so!

I'm loving learning about all the different types of wrens you have over there. A canyon wren? and a cactus wren? As well as the ones you've mentioned here.. I do hope that you get one nesting this year 🤞

A very noisy one popped up in my hedge to say hello to me this morning, and it was a baby. They are honestly the cutest baby birds ever as far as I'm concerned.

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Catherine's avatar

How absolutely wonderful... I love a wee wren, they seem so small and fragile and yet they are so loud and fierce.... 💚

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Melissa Lee's avatar

Thanks Catherine, I agree, I think that's what makes them so charming 😊🌿

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Michael Skeer's avatar

Here in Arizona we have lots of wrens but our favorites are the cactus wrens, the most beautiful, and not by a little, of all wrens, also the largest, and the glorious canyon wren, who lives only in the prettiest places and has the loveliest song, the descending notes which echo off the canyon walls to the delight of any listener.

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Melissa Lee's avatar

Hi Michael, thank you so much for your comment 😊

I'm just learning of the canyon wren thanks to this post and it's delightful! I love the idea of the song echoing off the canyon walls.

These little birds are so impressive, I had no idea they would be in Arizona - and I love the look of the Cactus Wren.

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