Last night's wren visit apparently wasn't a one-off. Five minutes ago, I glanced up when a juvenile cardinal popped inside the globe feeder to get a bite. A few seconds later, a Carolina wren landed on the deck railing, and stood there, not eating or scratching around. Instead, she stared up in the direction of the occupied feeder. Or maybe it's a he: I get so impatient with those darned non-sexually-dimorphic birds!
Cardinal kept eating. Wren kept staring. Could it be....
I made just enough of a movement to encourage the cardinal to fly out of the cage. Maybe 10 seconds passed, then the wren flew in, fluffed her feathers, and relaxed. She's there now, crouched on the tray at the bottom of the feeder, apparently quite satisfied with her new sleeping quarters.
Wait until she decides to build a nest. Of course, if she doesn't, she may be a he. :-)
ReplyDeleteCarolina wrens are so cute. It's funny how they'll build nests in so many different things. I did a blog post recently about a family of wrens nesting in a cow skull in my neighbor's yard: http://feralbiologist.blogspot.com/2010/06/unusual-place-for-nest.html
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