7-6-14 SHORT HILLS: Our birdhouse, put up in May, is occupied by wrens, House Wrens, I believe, anyone? All eight of the available condos have twigs sticking out of the entries. This is something a wren couple do to discourage competition for food—putting ‘occupied’ signs on the unoccupied seats. They’re big insect eaters and the songs are pretty, so they are quite welcome.
We saw the Millburn fireworks on the fifth, postponed from the Fourth because of Arthur’s visit, very nice display.
House Wren.
Wren again.
And again.
Bird Condos, all filled with twigs. Apparently a wren couple will put twigs in all the nearby nest sites after building their nest to discourage competition.
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