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["Nelda Snyder" <snyderfolks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I left a coffee can (on its side) in my garden wagon.  When I came to get it a 
few days later, a Carolina wren had a neat nest in it.  A few more days and 
there were 4 eggs.  Am waiting for the babies to hop out so I can use my wagon!


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Irene
lets hope you are a reasonable landlord and keep the rent low.
-kristi 
 
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From: IE Ries <featherchaser@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 14:34:04 -0400
Subject: [va-richmond-general] A feathered discovery


Over the winter I purchased a wooden bird shelter, and in the early spring, a 
friend helped me install it against the back wall of my townhouse.  It remained 
 mostly empty, occassionally visited by birds seeking shelter from the rain 
here and there.

Yesterday evening I noticed the stem of a leaf sticking out from the shelter, 
and resolved to look in the morning to see what sort of activity might be 
taking place up there.

A pleasant surprise occurred when I heard the pristine voice of a Carolina 
Wren, loudly singing the "seed-eater, seed-eater, seed-eater" song, and very 
close by, too.  I happened to look up and glance at the side profile of the 
bird shelter and noticed a curved bill, opening and closing in time to the 
song.  I found the singer!  When she hopped down after a while and wandered off 
into the bushes to conduct wren business, I quickly went outside and carefully 
climbed up onto the AC unit to peek in:  There is now a beautifully-crafted 
wren nest that was not there last week!  She used lichens, a little reclamated 
pet fur, pine needles and leaves to create a round ball-like nest with a little 
entrance (no eggs inside as of today, but let's hope she does a second brood), 
and she can still use the lip of the shelter as a "balcony."  

I put it up, and she moved in.  I've got a tennant :)


Irene in Southside