Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Our "Babies"

We have a little nest box, and every year we get a wren nest. Usually this means a nest box filled to the brim with sticks, but this year the sticks were kept quite low and there is a nice, soft cup to keep the eggs warm.


Apparently the mama bird really likes this nesting box, because when I checked the box again yesterday, there were three more eggs added to the mix! I don't know if it is normal for a house wren to lay two clutches or if the first eggs were duds. We'll find out in about two weeks, when the eggs hatch!



2 comments:

Herding Grasshoppers said...

I don't know specifically about wrens, but birds will lay their eggs over several days and then start incubating them all together, so they'll hatch at the same time.

Julie

leah said...

Aha! Thanks for that info! Ours haven't hatched yet, but Mama bird keeps flitting to and from the nest. We have quite the little brood about to hatch!