The Muse is Loose

We watched a wren this morning building his nest in one of our small birdhouses. He could have been a she for the male and female Carolina wren is similar in appearance. This nest may be a false one. It seems they build nests and never use them. Wrens will also choose unusual places to nest:old shoes, mailboxes left open, clothes hanging on a line, flower pots, small bags, even garment pockets open just a bit. They sing! Some of their songs are imitations of other bird calls. They whistle. They say things like, "tea-kettle", sweet-heart", "which jailer". (Come on! Use your imagination a bit.) The diet for Carolina wrens is appreciated by gardeners,for the most part. They eat beetles, stink bugs, leaf-hoppers, chinch bugs, grasshoppers, cockroaches, spiders, and even small tree frogs. I have seen them on a feeding platform I have for other birds. I don't really know what seeds they eat. Nice birds. Noisy but nice. I can't hear them any more so they don't bother me. They are a bit hyper. Always on the go, looking, searching, investigating. I sometimes wish they would slow down and enjoy the day, but they don't do that very often. There are other wrens. None of them come to our yard. I will introduce them to you if you aren't into wrens. We have about nine in the US.
They are: Bewick's/(Hill country and deep South Texas); Carolina/ (SE and E US); House/ (At times most anywhere); Winter/ North, East, and other spotted places; Sedge/ along the coastal areas and north; Marsh/ South, southeast, southwest, and other places); Rock/ (West);
Canyon/ West;and Cactus (Desert and arid areas) They are the largest wren. Beautiful to see. They are fairly close to Rockport. A friend reports one here. There you have it. A little bit of info about wrens. Watch for them in your yards. They are neat birds. They will wave their lifted tail at you and maybe even sing a song. " Look at the birds of the air...." Matthew 6:26a