About a month ago we purchased a hanging plant for our sliding door railing. We set it out on Thursday and the next morning found a pair of Carolina Wrens building a nest in it. They are really cute and mate for life. Over the next couple days they finished constructing the nest and soon laid 6 eggs in it. After sitting on them for just over two weeks, they all hatched last Thursday, 5/19.
The weather has gotten warm lately so there has been little reason for the mom to sit with the babies. Instead her and the dad are spending most of their time foraging for bugs and insects to feed the six chicks. We have enjoyed watching them from the couch about 4' away and have witnessed an abundance of worms, spiders, and beetles fed to the little mouths. When the parents are away we have opened the sliding doors to get up close and personal with the chicks and to check on their development. During this time I have been documenting their growth, which is amazingly fast. According to literature, they will start fledging (leaving the nest) next week already! It's been great fun watching them develop up so close to our living room. Enough talk, here are some pictures of the nest location and the chicks' development. (Fullsize & more pictures are here)
The hanging basket by our living room:
Feeding time:
The weather has gotten warm lately so there has been little reason for the mom to sit with the babies. Instead her and the dad are spending most of their time foraging for bugs and insects to feed the six chicks. We have enjoyed watching them from the couch about 4' away and have witnessed an abundance of worms, spiders, and beetles fed to the little mouths. When the parents are away we have opened the sliding doors to get up close and personal with the chicks and to check on their development. During this time I have been documenting their growth, which is amazingly fast. According to literature, they will start fledging (leaving the nest) next week already! It's been great fun watching them develop up so close to our living room. Enough talk, here are some pictures of the nest location and the chicks' development. (Fullsize & more pictures are here)
The hanging basket by our living room:
Feeding time:
Stay tuned for the next week of growth!
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