{"id":7931,"date":"2018-06-17T15:37:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-17T22:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/?p=7931"},"modified":"2018-06-17T15:37:42","modified_gmt":"2018-06-17T22:37:42","slug":"house-wrens-in-our-nesting-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/17\/house-wrens-in-our-nesting-box\/","title":{"rendered":"House Wrens In Our Nesting Box"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, I made several nesting boxes and located them around the house. Black-Capped Chickadees\u00a0 nested in one of the boxes. Last week, the little ones fledged and the Chickadees moved out. Meanwhile, a pair of House Wrens occupied another box, where they are currently feeding baby wrens in the box. Today, I made some images of the wrens attending to their young.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7933\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2146-0028-House-Wren-With-Insect-At-Nesting-Box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7933\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7933\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2146-0028-House-Wren-With-Insect-At-Nesting-Box.jpg\" alt=\"2146-0028-House-Wren-With-Insect-At-Nesting-Box\" width=\"800\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2146-0028-House-Wren-With-Insect-At-Nesting-Box.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2146-0028-House-Wren-With-Insect-At-Nesting-Box-768x535.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">House Wren With Insect At Nesting Box<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The wrens made several trips feeding insects to their young in the box. Here is another image of the wren hanging from the outside of the box.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7934\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2146-0032-House-Wren-Outside-Nesting-Box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7934\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7934\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2146-0032-House-Wren-Outside-Nesting-Box.jpg\" alt=\"2146-0032-House-Wren-Outside-Nesting-Box\" width=\"800\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2146-0032-House-Wren-Outside-Nesting-Box.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2146-0032-House-Wren-Outside-Nesting-Box-768x516.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">House Wren Outside Nesting Box<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I managed to capture this wren, with insect, while it was perched in a nearby maple tree.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7940\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2146-0078-House-Wren-With-Insect-In-Tree.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7940\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7940\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2146-0078-House-Wren-With-Insect-In-Tree.jpg\" alt=\"2146-0078-House-Wren-With-Insect-In-Tree\" width=\"800\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2146-0078-House-Wren-With-Insect-In-Tree.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2146-0078-House-Wren-With-Insect-In-Tree-768x520.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7940\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">House Wren With Insect In Tree<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I managed to capture some images with the wrens peering out of the nesting box.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7935\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2146-0037-House-Wren-Peering-Out-Of-Nesting-Box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7935\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7935\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2146-0037-House-Wren-Peering-Out-Of-Nesting-Box.jpg\" alt=\"2146-0037-House-Wren-Peering-Out-Of-Nesting-Box\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2146-0037-House-Wren-Peering-Out-Of-Nesting-Box.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2146-0037-House-Wren-Peering-Out-Of-Nesting-Box-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">House Wren Peering Out Of Nesting Box<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here the wren looks it is watching the babies.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7936\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2146-0067-House-Wren-Inside-Nest-Box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7936\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7936\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2146-0067-House-Wren-Inside-Nest-Box.jpg\" alt=\"2146-0067-House-Wren-Inside-Nest-Box\" width=\"800\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2146-0067-House-Wren-Inside-Nest-Box.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2146-0067-House-Wren-Inside-Nest-Box-768x617.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7936\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">House Wren Inside Nest Box<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The parent wrens have to clear away trash and poop from the box. Here we see one of the parents with a piece of poop being removed. The other parent is behind the poop remover.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7938\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2146-0096-House-Wren-Clearing-Poop-From-Nesting-Box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7938\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7938\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2146-0096-House-Wren-Clearing-Poop-From-Nesting-Box.jpg\" alt=\"2146-0096-House-Wren-Clearing-Poop-From-Nesting-Box\" width=\"800\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2146-0096-House-Wren-Clearing-Poop-From-Nesting-Box.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2146-0096-House-Wren-Clearing-Poop-From-Nesting-Box-768x543.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7938\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">House Wren Clearing Poop From Nesting Box<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I also made some images of House Finches&#8230; stay tuned!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, I made several nesting boxes and located them around the house. Black-Capped Chickadees\u00a0 nested in one of the boxes. Last week, the little ones fledged and the Chickadees moved out. Meanwhile, a pair of House Wrens occupied another box, where they are currently feeding baby wrens in the box. Today, I made [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[428,1500,1503,1502,1501,1504,418,1499],"class_list":{"0":"post-7931","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-general","7":"tag-feeding","8":"tag-house-wren","9":"tag-insect","10":"tag-nest","11":"tag-nesting-box","12":"tag-poop","13":"tag-tree","14":"tag-wren"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pMatQ-23V","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7931"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7944,"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7931\/revisions\/7944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}