Norm Dulak
04-30-2012, 05:37 PM
For a number of years our garage/barn has been visited by a pair of Carolina wrens. Last year, they selected some boat cushions on a hook in the garage part as a place to build a nest. And from that nest they successfully fledged some beautiful chicks. This year, the barn was an object of the wrens' affection. Their new nest was built on a shelf in the barn, between a box of tiles and a rope hammock chair.
The parents had 24/7 access to their nest through open upper doors of two horse stalls (without horses), even though we closed the main barn door to keep out other critters each evening. So it was a cool setup, where insects could be freely delivered to the open beaks of 5 beautiful Carolina wren chicks. You can see them here in my attachment.
One day after this image was captured, the chicks fledged. Some were led out of the barn to nearby woods by the parents. Other chicks, not quite ready for that, remained perched on other shelves in the barn, where they continued to be fed by the parents. But soon they too joined their siblings.
Today I heard the parents singing in the trees, and the chicks responding. Pretty neat!
Norm
The parents had 24/7 access to their nest through open upper doors of two horse stalls (without horses), even though we closed the main barn door to keep out other critters each evening. So it was a cool setup, where insects could be freely delivered to the open beaks of 5 beautiful Carolina wren chicks. You can see them here in my attachment.
One day after this image was captured, the chicks fledged. Some were led out of the barn to nearby woods by the parents. Other chicks, not quite ready for that, remained perched on other shelves in the barn, where they continued to be fed by the parents. But soon they too joined their siblings.
Today I heard the parents singing in the trees, and the chicks responding. Pretty neat!
Norm