Quite the Prolific Little Breeders~

House Wrens are quite the little prolific breeders. Sometimes a male may have two females in two different nests at the same time and make 200 visits to each nest daily. While they are huge insect eaters, they can also be quite a burden to other birds in the area, for they are territorial and can be aggressive toward the other birds. Our next door neighbor had a hanging gourd and the Wrens made their nest inside. It was fun for the two little girls that live there to observe the birds as they came and went. I cannot know for sure how many fledglings left the nest, but when the parents brought the meals, it was quite loud and busy from within the gourd~