House wren assessing whether this is - or is not - the perfect nesting place
Last week, a house wren moved into our neighbourhood. Into our garden, actually.
A longer view
At first the wren was all alone. It appeared to be calling out hour after hour for a mate to join it: Look what I found! I'll be a great mom (or dad).
Cleaning out the former nest
On speculation, it began house cleaning. Earlier this year, a chickadee family occupied this dwelling and left the place sooo untidy!
However, last July a house wren lived here. (Hmmm. Could this have been the same one?) Truth be told, the chickadees also had to clean up before moving in.
Happiness is singing your heart out
Well, cleanliness must be next to Godliness, as the saying goes: Yoohoo! Are you out there? The house is ready!
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ReplyDeleteMay the company and they were found together in a clean house. Very nice pictures. Yours.
Oh the joys of a new home. Great photos!
ReplyDeletelovely series...and yes indeed happiness is so often born of singing and a nice tidy home!
ReplyDeleteThis is delightful! Great photos and narrative!
ReplyDeletehope you get a new family soon.
ReplyDeleteOh so cool! I'd love to have some wrens move in. AND, I was always trying to figure how to hand my little houses and see what you used. That would work well!
ReplyDeleteHope he/she found a mate for the new home!
ReplyDeleteNew tenants. I'm sure you are a good landlady.
ReplyDeleteDarla
Such gorgeous shots!
ReplyDeleteThanks for a neat photo sequence. I hopw the wren has found a mate.
ReplyDeleteGreat series, hope you have a full family of tennants soon.
ReplyDeleteso cute! hope it nests!
ReplyDeleteI hope Jenny Wren finds a mate soon, or perhaps it's Johnny Wren..... I guess they'll work out who's who without our help!
ReplyDeleteI first heard the expression "cleanliness is next to godliness" from the janitor in my Grade 9 school, but when he wrote it in my friendship book he added, "except at Inglewood, where it's next to impossible." What a way to remember someone! He was a nice guy. Your house wren and her happy home are heart warming...
ReplyDeleteI hope they decide to build their home there. You should be able to get lots of great pictures that way.
ReplyDeleteLove it!
ReplyDeleteVery nice catch!!
ReplyDeleteI do hope they have another sucessful nesting season.
ReplyDeleteI can hardly wait to see the babies!
ReplyDeleteI've heard that chickadees and wrens both leave a mess.
ReplyDeleteVery cute post. But I think in that first shot the wren is wrenching its neck to hear the sound of your camera clicking so it can stop posing and get back to work!
Aw poor little lonesome thing. Hope he (she) has finally found a mate. In Florida, we had a red-bellied woodpecker who spent weeks making noise searching for a mate -- but I'm betting any amount of money that your wren sounds a lot prettier singing than the woodpecker did pounding and squawking.
ReplyDeleteYour blog looks very nice.
ReplyDeletethanks for your comment.
Greetings, Joop
How sweet! Lovely lovely shots...
ReplyDeletegreat shots of a difficult bird to shoot. At least for me. It always eludes me.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful birdy shots. My Grandmother on my Dad's side was a great bird person.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment. Yes, extended family is more like life-long friends, but that is all getting older.....
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Great shots. We have a nest on our front porch and I cannot get anything of the birds.
ReplyDeleteI hope s/he finds someone to share that lovely little nest. :-)
ReplyDeleteThe small bird is so cute :)
ReplyDeleteHappiness is a newly cleaned home! Lovely bird too, and how sweet if it were the same wren.
ReplyDeleteLove it!!! I have a bird house in the garden but no takers...yet! Enjoy the fun. It's a compliment to you when someone says...Thank you and stays to raise their family in your garden;)
ReplyDeleteI love that first shot.
ReplyDeleteCute shots! Hope they made themselves at home in their new place.
ReplyDeleteFine bird photos again, EG. I have a bird house against the garage, which has been ignored for years, but this year has a tenant!
ReplyDeleteWrens are so cute, but its hard to believe their powerful song can come out of that little body!
ReplyDeleteoh I love these photos! amazing! :)
ReplyDeleteThese look like they should be part of a children's book on birds!
ReplyDeletegreat shots all! love.
ReplyDeleteI love wrens....
ReplyDeleteVery cute little friend!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photo's lovely bird and I love its house.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your birds ... sadly we don't have many in our garden
ReplyDeleteSo perky, so purposeful...wonderful shots♫♪
ReplyDeleteI like your 'clean' bird. The house she/he picked is really neat.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of neat, you took some really neat pictures of this bird.
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Wonderful photos! I'm sure I'll be doing some cleaning when we move into our house on the coast!
ReplyDeleteWe love it when birds nest in our yard...
ReplyDeleteAnd the photos are great!
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I love to see a new little family build a nest in our wisteria - it happens every year. Your photos strike me as a lot like the water colours of Marjolain Bastien - beautiful.
ReplyDeleteWhat wonderful captures!
ReplyDeleteI love all the texure on the birdhouse and the happy little bird!
Thanks for sharing this!
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