For a year or so, Carolina Wrens have been sleeping on our covered front porch, fully protected from the elements. Sometimes it is one, sometimes two, but last night it was three--an avian menage a trois. They all look like balls of fluffy feathers with tails hanging down, heads out of sight. Cardinals, on the other hand, which sometimes use the same area in the winter, sleep at full attention, as if they are wide awake. I've read that Carolina Wrens mate for life, but now I want to know who that third party is in their bedroom....A teenager who won't leave home? An adult child back home after an unhappy mating? A wife in waiting???? Ed Gleaves Nashville, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================