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House Wren

Troglodytes aedon

Both house and Carolina wrens are permanent summer residents in our yard. These tiny powerhouses are amazingly energetic, vocal, and sometimes quarrelsome. House wrens always nested in the workshop and various other outbuildings, as well as on the front porch and in whatever nestboxes suited them. While they offer a great source of entertainment, they became quite lethal to our bluebird population several years ago. Luckily, they were so taken with the gourds that we offered, that they now usually ignore the wooden bluebird boxes.

2010 update - House wrens are once again usurping nest boxes in our yard, but only in shaded areas. They have caused nesting failures of titmice two years in a row. The bluebird and tree swallow nest boxes in direct sunlight are not bothered. I have neglected to keep as many wren gourds available in recent years.

Wren gourds a boon to bluebirds?

2002 wren nestbox cam and wren raid

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Attracting barn swallows with artificial nest cups
2010 Update	the flicker drum
the flicker nest box	the sliding hole cover trap
nest box video 2001-2010	2010 Barn Owl nesting
Observations and studies using nest box camera	starling and house sparrow traps
2005 brown thrasher nest cam	2005 purple martin gourd cam
2004 Carolina wren nest cam	2004 European starling nest cam
2004 gray squirrel nest cam	2006 polygamous barn owl nest cam
2010 Northern Flicker nest cam	2010 Kestrel nest cam
2010 flicker nestbox log	2010 Carolina Wren nest cam
2003 barn owl nest cam	2001 American Kestrel nest box cam
2002 American Kestrel nest box cam	2001 Yellow Shafted Flicker nest box cam
2002 Yellow Shafted Flicker nest box cam	2005 Yellow Shafted Flicker nest box cam
Eastern Bluebird nest box cam	Tree Swallow nest box cam
Carolina Chickadee nest box cam	house wren nest cam
Barn Swallow nest cam	Chimney Swift nest cam
Attracting barn swallows	other nestboxes in use
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barn owl American kestrel purple martin barn swallow Eastern bluebird
tufted titmouse Eastern phoebe yellow shafted flicker tree swallow chimney swift

house wren big brown bat Carolina wren brown thrasher catbird

Eastern wood-pewee . . .

barn owl	American kestrel	purple martin	barn swallow	Eastern bluebird
tufted titmouse	Eastern phoebe	yellow shafted flicker	tree swallow	chimney swift
house wren	big brown bat	Carolina wren	brown thrasher	catbird
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