speaking of house wrens, how do I get some to come into my wren house--- this will be my 3rd season I have had this house up--so it is well weathered, and there are no takers. What am I doing wrong?
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You are doing NOTHING wrong, Juni! All Wrens are fickle. Sometimes they'll nest in a house, sometimes not. Wrens often choose STRANGE places to nest. I have heard of them nesting in potted plants, old purses hanging in a garage, an old BOOT once. Just today, one of our members on birdersworld.com forum reported a Carolina Wren nest ing in the sailboat parked in his driveway for the second year in a row. Just hang up a VARIETY of containers around your house porch yard and/or outbuildings, and see what happens. I hung up a satellite TV cable spool in my back yard and already have evidence of Wrens (or something) trying to nest there.
Kingdoms RAGE and go to war...but the PEasants plant potatoes..
EARTH FIRST! (we'll strip-mine the OTHER planets later.)
I was looking out the kitchen window this morning and caught a tiny flash of red in the lilac bushes. It was the male ruby throated hummer!!!!! I have been so entertained by the gold finches that I was not on the lookout for the hummers yet. My feeders are out and I hope they become regulars again.
I almost forgot to put my hummer feeders out this week, but did 2 days ago, and this morning I saw my first one on the feeder in the front - YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
They are so reliable - it has been sometime this week for the past 6 years - AMAZING!
I just looked it up, and they have arrived on this exact day both in 2002, and 2005 also - WOW!
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Ohh Ohhh I saw a Humming bird today at Jimmy's house First time ever in my life and it was 2 1/2 ft from my nose!!! Awesome!!!! Jimmy missed seeing it I was soo excited to see it I think I scared it away.
"Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."
I have had my feeders out for a while now loz! I had them out before I went to Florida just in case they came while I was gone. Then they could have something to eat!
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