CObirders, I'm puzzled. Last month we hung a Wren box and got a tenant almost immediately. This week for two days I watched a wren bugging and carrying insects back to the box. Then yesterday I found a wriggling hatchling in death throws on the ground beneath the box and another hatchling dead a little further away on the ground covered with ants. The dead bird, though further from the box, still had the shell with the body. Just above my head there was a wren watching me from the house opening. The one still alive had a tiny bloody hole on the back of its head that looked like a beak pinch mark from where it was tossed from the box.
What the heck happened? Did the parent kill the hatchlings? Has anyone seen this happen before? There is still a Wren coming and going but not with food. Perplexed, Myrna Luger Across from Horsetooth Mtn Pk -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/B2530B46-BED1-461D-AC66-3C55340E37F1%40comcast.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
