When I was 10 my Dad had a garage built. The carpenter told me my siblings to build Wren houses from the scraps. We must have built 20. We had many Apple trees so we hung them everywhere in those trees. The next spring we must have had 30 families of House Wrens living in our orchard. I'll never ever forget their wonderful long gurgling chirping song. To this day I can identify their song. It really was a beautiful experience. Thank you Mr. Paster for the fantastic memory. ben/ michigan
they all do) that's how it's happening - parents do not come back to feed them so they leave the nest (but parents keep watching them from trees around the nest)
A wren built and raised a brood in my sister-in-law's clothespin bag. At first she thought her kids were putting twigs there, but they denied it. Day after day she would remove the twigs but they would reappear. Finally, she saw the wren putting them back. Then sis left them alone. She bought new pins after that❤
We just discovered that the birds nesting in one of the vents to our house are house wrens. We live in southeastern MA. Really enjoying learning about them. Definitely makes me remember my grandma and aunt Joan, they were avid birders. Ill be 44 this june and really loving this part of beint an adult❤
I have a box full of house wrens myself, so all that chirping is familiar and kind of nice. Last year they fledged in mid June, so I suspect they'll do the same this year. Right now they're just chirping away like this. I have a squirrels nest in a nearby tree every year too - the squirrel babies came down on June 2 and it was pandemonium out there for a few hours as they chased each other around and ran up and down trees. June is bustin' out all over around here.
The little guys in my box started fledging about 20 minutes ago. Two have flown off - there is still at least one left who is still chirping for mom and dad to feed it, and they are complying, for now. It's like watching the kids go off to college.
Parents did great! I'm so glad all 6 chicks survived. It's truly amazing that even though the last chick was few days younger than the first one, they all left the nest the same day. I have swallows in my garage every year and it's so cool to watch the little ones grow and eventually leave the nest. However, by observing them you also realize how brutal their world is. Last year the chicks left the nest and the weather suddenly got much worse, so they wanted to come back, but the parents didn't allow them. Not to mention the many times I have found the dead chicks on the ground, because they were kicked out of the nest. Life is brutal.
2:05 is my fave part they are minding there own buisness then mom comes in and they start chirping wiht there mouths open omg it scared me i had headphones on
Loved the two-part video, thanks for sharing it! Wish you would have caught their shrill call as the parents kept others away, at least that's how it goes in SW Missouri.
Me ha gustado el priseso de como hizo el nido y como fué el crecimiento de los puchones..buena suerte ,habran más bebitos por ahi... Por wue ellos saben donde queda su casita...👍👍👏👏🙏🏻🙏🏻🌹❤️🫂🫂🇨🇴🇨🇴
Do the chicks ever return, or are they now on their own? Also, do the parent birds reuse the nest box? If so, is the nest box cleaned out (by the folks who built it, of course), or do they leave the existing twigs there?
I cleaned the nest box at the end of nesting season. Honestly I have no means of identifying if the next occupant birds are the same family who used it before. There are maybe millions of birds leaving during Fall and will come back in spring. Thanks for watching and for the comment.
@@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife Maybe in your next attempt, get some device to give the birds a spray of some color to help identify the birds. Or, put some paint around the opening so that when the birds enter and exit the opening, the paint will rub off onto their head or back.
If the chicks are very lucky they may live 7 yrs. or longer . Average is 2 to 3 yrs. storms, raptors, cats and flying into windows are cause of a lot of fatalities. If a large percentage didn't die young we would be uo to our ass in wrens or other kinds of birds. Not that I would not love to see more but my bird feed bill is now at about $75 a month in the winter.
Do the babies ever go back to the nest in the following weeks or months? Or once they fly away that first time they are gone for good and never return?
They are bird , freedom symbol. Free to go anywhere and distance they leave to far from nest because not like us at home we can find food , then they must flying wide area for find food
What did make the chicks want to go out? Did the parents stop showing themselves in some moment and that triggered their instinct on going independent?
I've had Robins on my porch raise 3 broods in the same nest one spring. I left the nest on the beam over winter and it was used again the next year, adding a new layer of grass. Not sure it was the same pair, but assume it was. Robins are territorial and often return to the same spot used previously. Hasn't been used since so I should clean it off so a new one can be built.
@@thoriated That must be a wonderful experience. I wonder if birds this size have been banded to determine if they do come back to the same nest. I know bigger birds like ospreys, eagles etc have been studied that way. I had magpies nest in my 2 trees but I have never seen them with chicks or even come back or new birds come and nest in my 2 trees again.
idk how to message the owner of this video directly, so i'll take a chance and ask it here. Could I possibly use your link to the part 1 and 2 of the wrens? I don't want to do it without your permission. Thanks
@@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife yes, as my new author pen name includes the word Wren I am using the bird as my inspiration and I would like to have a link to allow my website visitors a place to go watch the birds building a nest. i will notate on my link that I do not own the content and credit your account if it helps. thanks!
