FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Re: House Wrens Increasing ?

[K Dean EDWARDS <kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just a few notes on House Wren breeding from ACBOT (Annotated Checklist) 
...

First documented nesting in TN was in 1913 in Washington Co.
First Knox Co nesting: 1950
First Davidson Co nesting: 1957
First attempts in "Chattanooga area":  1978
First Shelby Co nesting: 1979

I've had at least 4 singing males in Knox Co this year without trying:

- 2 at Turkey Creek in late April filling nest boxes with sticks,
- 1 in Farragut near Lovell Rd and Kingston Pike intersection
(2-3 miles from Turkey Creek) singing all spring every time I
go for my weekly allergy shot
- 1 at home in the Cedar Bluff area today

and I've probably forgotten a few.

My wife's aunt and uncle have had them in their yard in Karns
(NW Knox Co) in previous years but I haven't been by lately.

Dean Edwards
Knoxville, TN


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