Yes. I believe that!! Nobody messes with them. > On Jul 23, 2022, at 11:37 AM, Judith Jones <j...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > Our house wren drove away a rat! > >> On 7/23/2022 10:39 AM, Linda Orkin wrote: >> I can’t believe how effective they are at driving away any and all >> competitors and threats. We’ve been watching them in a nest box in our front >> yard for what seems like about a month. It appears also that there are three >> adult participants but I have no actual proof just observational. I know >> they have some different parenting strategies but do not know if they clutch >> twice in a row in the same nest box. They successfully drive away blue jays, >> red squirrels, chipmunks, even hummingbirds at the trumpet vine not that >> close to the box. but I can’t help wondering at what cost to their own well >> being. They seem to never be at rest. Anyway just a few moments of bird >> contemplation on a Saturday morning. >> >> Linda Orkin >> Ithaca, NY >> -- >> >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm >> >> ARCHIVES: >> 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html >> 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds >> 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html >> >> Please submit your observations to eBird: >> http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ >> >> -- >>
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