Date:         Tue, 11 Jul 2000 14:03:18 -0400
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From:         Kathy Klimkiewicz <kathy_klimkiewicz@USGS.GOV>
Subject:      Re: A WREN-ching situation!
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Neat photo of the Carolina Wren young! Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Kathy Klimkiewicz
Laurel MD













                    Arlene Ripley
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                    07/10/00 09:59 AM
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At 09:24 AM 7/10/00 , you wrote:
>Hi all --
>
>While we were on holiday, a Carolina Wren has decided to build her nest =
in
>the light fixture attached to the garage door opener box (yes, well insi=
de
>the garage). Now we will have to leave the garage door open until the
>youngsters fledge -- if we close it even a bit she sits outside and
>HOLLERS at us. Actually, if we even approach one of the cars she hollers
as
>well.

Gail,

We also have a Carolina Wren pair nesting in our garage. The nest is on
some shelves along the back wall in a bucket filled with sponges and
brushes for washing the cars--they could have found a much better place b=
ut
who can account for wren taste in housing? They nested on this shelf last
year also but not in the bucket (which was "available"). Five eggs were
laid and five babies are now 7 days old. I photograph them daily but don'=
t
have the slides back yet. I also took some video yesterday and grabbed a
still shot off of that. It's not the best but you can see four of the fiv=
e
hungry mouths at <http://www.nestbox.com/wrens.htm>.

We find that just leaving the doors open about two inches at the bottom i=
s
sufficient for the parents to come and go as they please although if I am
home, I leave at least one door up. When the female was incubating, she s=
at
on the nest motionless and didn't seem to mind any activity in the garage.
I guess she's used to us by now! <s>






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