House wrens measure 4 3/4 inches long with a wingspan ... He starts constructing a few nests at once. His female partner chooses the most promising one, finishes it and mates with the owner.

When a female finds a home she likes ... Meet 6 types of wrens you should know. Though house wrens are notorious for building nests just about anywhere, it’s best to provide them with houses ...

Early this spring, I hung a small bird box from a pergola rafter ten feet from my kitchen window. I had high hopes that either Carolina chickadees or house wrens (both are cavity-nesters) would ...

House wrens are little dynamos ... Males prepare a number of starter nests for a female's consideration, stuffing all available cavities with 3- and 4-inch twigs. She does an inspection tour ...

House wrens are spunky little birds about the size ... Wren eggs are incubated by both the male and female and hatch quickly. Within a month after the eggs first appear, the young are fledging.

Seven or eight is average for house wrens, nine or 10 unusual. A second nesting, however, likely will be four to six eggs. The female lays one egg per day, usually first thing in the morning.

“After setting-up his house, the male wren will go through several days of singing and wing waving around the branches of the Serviceberry tree to attract a female partner.” It’s lucky for ...