Activities
Charting eggs ele
All about Birds ele/ms
Collecting data ele/ms
Nest Box Log ele/ms/hs
Life Cycles ele/ms
Variables ele/ms/hs
Feather Facts ms/hs
Scientific Thinking ele/ms/hs
Systems & Controls ms/hs
Science Journal Entry ms/hs
Make Puzzle ele/ms/hs
Ecology Vocabulary ms/hs
Classification ms/hs
Other Nestbox residents:
House Wren Nest Photo
Take a peek in a House Wren's nest box:
There are several clues this was a House Wren's nest.
One - there are many twigs.
Two - spider casings in the nest. Those are the tiny, cottony white patches you see.
House Wrens will force away other cavity nesters from their territory. They are native birds.
The male filled the box with twigs. The female did not build the soft nest or nest in it. They occupied another box in the area. The twigs discouraged other birds from using this box.
Wren ChicksAdult House Wren scolding from a tree
To learn more about House Wrens, visit Cornell University's bird web site: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/birdhouse/bios/sp_accts/howr
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) by Carrie Black
Other potential nest box inhabitants:
Tree Swallow / English Sparrow / Wren / Nuthatch / Chickadee
Back to Main Bluebirds Project web page / Bluebird photos
BirdSleuth: Investigating Evidence - free materials from Cornell University
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