Cobirders, I also have House Wrens this year. This is my third year living in my home in Arapahoe County, very near Cherry Creek State Park and the second time I have seen a wren in my yard (mature trees and shrubs). The male arrived on May 7 and has been singing his heart out ever since. He spent a week or two deciding between a wren house and a chickadee house and then opted to build his stick nest in the chickadee house. He has attracted a mate and they have been lining the nest. He's also building another stick nest in the wren house now. It is hard to tell exactly how many wrens are around and when or if eggs have been laid. Anyway, they have kept the yard quite noisy and busy. It has been a great spring with all the recent moisture. I have also had a pair of Bullock's Orioles coming to an oriole feeder off and on all day for the past several weeks. Other spring visitors have included a pair of Black-headed Grosbeaks and a few weeks later what looks like a juvenile, a Chipping Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Black-chinned and Broad-tailed Hummingbirds, White-crowned Sparrow, Western Kingbirds, Bushtits, Pine Siskin, Lesser Goldfinch (both), Brown-headed Cowbirds and a Western Wood Peewee. Not bad for suburbia. Colorado is turning out to be more birdy than I had anticipated!!
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