[cayugabirds-l] Carolina Wren eggs and screech-owl activity

[Robyn Bailey]

Just now, I went to clean off an old Carolina Wren nest from a nest shelf on my 
back porch. I left it there all winter thinking they could roost in it (which 
they did). Good thing I checked it before taking it down, because it had 3 eggs 
in it! Those eggs were not there 2 weekends ago when I checked as I was 
cleaning out all my nest boxes. So they're new and my first eggs of the season. 
I was only going to clean the nest off because a pair of Eastern Phoebes were 
checking out the back porch and I thought they might want to use the nest 
shelf, but it looks like they were too late.

Also last night my Blink camera captured ongoing activity in one of my 
screech-owl boxes. Until now, there has been one owl sleeping there for the 
past week or so, but last night it had a companion and I could see one owl in 
the box and heard a second one calling outside the box. The activity was much 
more animated than usual, and if I had to guess, last night's visitor was a 
'new' bird looking at the box for the first time while the 'usual' owl was 
calling outside it. My interpretation is that our lone roosting male may have 
had a female checking out his site. Birds of the World tells me, "Nest cavity 
is chosen from among alternatives in the male's territory by the female, based 
on past nesting success and food stored there by the male. Male roosts in or 
near the selected cavity a few days per week before, but rarely during nesting."

Spring is definitely in the air in Lansing! If you haven't done it yet, get 
your nest boxes (if any) cleaned out and ready.

Robyn Bailey


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[cayugabirds-l] Carolina Wren

[Lois E. Chaplin]

Reynold the wren has been a regular around the feeders and has totally taken 
advantage of the mix I have kept out for him (lard, peanut butter, chick mash 
etc.). The Titmice have also been feeding on it. Yesterday, he beckoned in the 
Spring-like weather by starting his Teakettle song. Up to this point, all I'd 
hear were little chatters. And, this confirms it's a male. Here's hoping he 
finds a mate and hangs around.

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Beam Hill west

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Carolina wren

[Bard Prentiss]

Hi Alicia,  

After I posted i continued to search and found this JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sexual Size Dimorphism and Assortative Mating in Carolina Wrens

Thomas M. Haggerty
Journal of Field Ornithology
Vol. 77, No. 3 (Summer, 2006), pp. 259-265 
It states clearly that: "Analysis revealed that males were significantly larger 
than females in all body measurements."
I had read that only males sing but it was  not clear till I found this that 
males were larger. you suggest that females sing too.
> On Feb 27, 2020, at 3:56 PM, Alicia  wrote:
> 
> Hi Bard,
> 
> We have had C. Wrens in our yard since 1995, when we moved in, except for 15 
> mos following the cruel February of 2015 which wiped out the majority of the 
> C. Wrens in this area.  Have never noticed any size differential in any of 
> the pairs & have only been able to tell them apt by song: the male sings a 
> two or three part song and the female has a buzzier, irritated sounding 
> response - they duet.  The young birds do take a month or so to get up to 
> size after they fledge, but that wouldn't explain a small one at your feeder 
> all winter. 
> 
> That great resource Wikipedia, however, says there is a size difference on 
> average & gives citations for that proposition:
>> At 12.5 to 14 cm (4.9 to 5.5 in) long, with a 29 cm (11 in) wingspan and a 
>> weight of about 18 to 23 g (0.63 to 0.81 oz), the Carolina wren is a fairly 
>> large wren; the second largest in the United States species after the cactus 
>> wren. Among standard measurements, the wing chord is 5.4 to 6.4 cm (2.1 to 
>> 2.5 in), the tail is 4.5 to 5.6 cm (1.8 to 2.2 in), the culmen is 1.4 to 1.8 
>> cm (0.55 to 0.71 in) and the tarsus is 2 to 2.3 cm (0.79 to 0.91 in).3 
>>   Sexual 
>> dimorphisma is slight with males being larger than their mates. A study 
>> indicated that out of 42 mated pairs, all but one of male was larger than 
>> the female of the pair. The males were on average 11 percent heavier along 
>> with having longer wing chords.13 
>> C.
>>  Wrens sing all year round, although I am not sure if females do except in 
>> response to male song. Did your small bird sing?  The males also have a call 
>> that is somewhat similar to the female's buzzy song but I don't think the 
>> females ever sing anything melodic so if your small bird did sing 
>> melodically, I think that means it's a male.
> 
> The idea of a small C. Wren seems so odd - for a wren, they seem massive to 
> me!  Will be interested in hearing about whether they interbreed.
> 
> Alicia
> 
> P.S. This photo 
>  (which 
> comes from a webpage Kevin McGowan posted to show much white can be in C. 
> Wren tail feathers) also shows a much greater size differential than I at 
> least would have expected!
> 
> 
> On 2/27/2020 3:00 PM, Bard Prentiss wrote:
>> Throughout the winter our feeders have been visited by a small c. Wren. 
>> Today it was joined by a notably larger one. Probably the other half of the 
>> pair that has nested here for several years.  There is a clear size 
>> difference in that pair. If sex doesn’t account for size differentiation  
>>  in this species what might explain it?
>> Do sub species interbreed?
>> Best,
>> Bard 
>> 
>>  Bard Prentiss 
>> 
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[cayugabirds-l] Carolina wren

[Bard Prentiss]

Throughout the winter our feeders have been visited by a small c. Wren. Today 
it was joined by a notably larger one. Probably the other half of the pair that 
has nested here for several years.  There is a clear size difference in that 
pair. If sex doesn’t account for size differentiation  
 in this species what might explain it?
Do sub species interbreed?
Best,
Bard 

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[cayugabirds-l] Carolina Wren

[Harlan Hastings]

Went out through the front part of my house this morning (I’m renovating that 
half the house and don’t use/heat it) and was pleasantly surprised by a 
Carolina Wren that had obviously taken shelter from the cold and wind.  I don’t 
know how it managed to get in but I propped open the front door and I’m pretty 
sure I was able to shoo it out, although I did not actually see it go.  I’ve 
had the odd one singing in the yard in the spring over the years but have never 
seen one during the winter before.

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[cayugabirds-l] Carolina Wren

[Dave Gislason]

Had a FOY Carolina Wren at my feeders this morning in Trumbull's Corners.

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[cayugabirds-l] Carolina Wren

[Anne Marie Whelan]

Been seeing a Carolina Wren a few times in the last few days days - in my
feeder and rooting around in the leaves on the ground.  A first!

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[cayugabirds-l] Carolina Wren Fledgelings

[nocars dave]

The pair of Carolina Wrens we have been feeding all winter have 4 or 5 
fledgelings, which are growing rapidly and very active.  Tey are now eating  
some bugs and peant butter on their own, though the parents still seem to be 
feeding them.
    Dave Streater.

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[cayugabirds-l] Carolina Wren

[Bill Mcaneny]

Big day for Shirley.

A CAROLINA WREN appeared beneath the suet feeder, picking up a few scraps
dropped by the woodpeckers.  We will have to wait to see if it is one of the
wrens from previous years.  They have nested in the eaves of the garage.
Not only that, but they have endured the constant coming and going of human
types beneath their nest.

Bill McAneny

TBurg


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[cayugabirds-l] Carolina Wren

[David McDermitt]

There was a surprise visitor at our feeder this morning during the
snowstorm: a rather plump-looking Carolina Wren. It was clinging to the
suet feeder diligently picking at the suet while around it a mix of
Sparrows and Juncos worked the seed fallen from our other feeder.

I don't recall seeing it at our feeder before - perhaps the cold has forced
it in.

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Carolina Wren, Aythyas

[Donna Lee Scott]

I have seen at least one of my usual two CAROLINA WRENS here by Cayuga Lake 
today, while counting for the GBBC. Also, lots of other usual feeder birds, 
including 5 PINE SISKINS, as well as a small raft of Aythyas - REDHEADS, 
CANVASBACK, SCAUP SP, RINGNECKED DUCKS, plus COMMON MERGS., HERRING GULL, G. 
BLACKBACKED GULL, CANADA GOOSE (1 !)

Donna L. Scott
Lansing Station Road
Lansing

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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Carolina Wren

There was a surprise visitor at our feeder this morning during the snowstorm: a 
rather plump-looking Carolina Wren. It was clinging to the suet feeder 
diligently picking at the suet while around it a mix of Sparrows and Juncos 
worked the seed fallen from our other feeder.

I don't recall seeing it at our feeder before - perhaps the cold has forced it 
in.

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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Carolina wren 2.17.2014

[Nari Mistry]

A year or two ago, I put chicken wire around our double-caged 
suet-feeder (suet cage inside a bigger feeder cage) to stop the 
red-squirrel from sitting inside all day and excluding birds from the 
suet. This frustrated the squirrel all right, and small birds could get 
in and out. But I noticed that sometimes when trying to get out fast, 
they could scrape  perhaps damage their flight feathers. So I took the 
chicken wire off. Especially since a Carolina Wren pair  loves to come 
to the suet. (This Feb we have had only one of the pair coming.) 
Two-inch mesh chicken wire is too large to keep the squirrel out.

An interesting observation: the Red-br Nuthatch pair were the first to 
figure out how to get in through  the ch-wire, then chickadees and 
carolina wrens. But the goldfinches just could never figure out that 
they had to perch and get in before they could get to the suet. They 
kept going round and round, never got in.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Carolina wren 2.17.2014

[Linda Orkin]

Hello Nari,

Nice post.  And here's perhaps an explanation for your Goldfinches, maybe
they were just wondering what all the excitement was about. : )

From All About Birds

Goldfinches are among the strictest vegetarians in the bird world,
selecting an entirely vegetable diet and only inadvertently swallowing an
occasional insect.

Linda Orkin
Muriel Street
Ithaca


On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 9:34 AM, Nari Mistry n...@cornell.edu wrote:

  A year or two ago, I put chicken wire around our double-caged suet-feeder
 (suet cage inside a bigger feeder cage) to stop the red-squirrel from
 sitting inside all day and excluding birds from the suet. This frustrated
 the squirrel all right, and small birds could get in and out. But I noticed
 that sometimes when trying to get out fast, they could scrape  perhaps
 damage their flight feathers. So I took the chicken wire off. Especially
 since a Carolina Wren pair  loves to come to the suet. (This Feb we have
 had only one of the pair coming.) Two-inch mesh chicken wire is too large
 to keep the squirrel out.

 An interesting observation: the Red-br Nuthatch pair were the first to
 figure out how to get in through  the ch-wire, then chickadees and carolina
 wrens. But the goldfinches just could never figure out that they had to
 perch and get in before they could get to the suet. They kept going round
 and round, never got in.

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[cayugabirds-l] Carolina wren 2.17.2014

[John and Fritzie Blizzard]

At 3:15 p..m. today we saw our 1st ever Carolina Wren here at our house, in the 
barn feeder atop the clothesline arm. After pecking at some seeds it inspected 
inside one of the birdboxes on the next clothesline arm. What a treat on this 
lovely, sunny, cold day.
This a.m. a gray squirrel was again thwarted by the 2x4 fencing I put around 
my roofed platform feeder. I have chicken wire across the front of another open 
feeder which lets in little birds but not jays  doves. The squirrels almost go 
bonkers, day after day, trying to get in these feeders.

Mill pond is filled with Canadas  ducks every night. The noise is almost 
deafening until they settle down to sleep after they get done gossiping  
telling tales of their adventures of the day.  
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[cayugabirds-l] Carolina wren

[Judith Thurber]

As I was sweeping a path to and around the feeders this beautifully snowy 
Christmas dawning, the only sound to be heard was the soft caroling of 'tea 
kettle, tea kettle, tea kettle' over and over again.  Then a Crow and a Tree 
Sparrow added their part.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Judy Thurber
Liverpool, NY

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[cayugabirds-l] Carolina wren!

[Marsha Kardon]

We saw two Carolina wrens in our back yard on west hill this morning, FOY for 
us.  We're looking forward to hearing them.  Marsha and Fred Kardon
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[cayugabirds-l] Carolina Wren

[Diana]

Hi,
I had a Carolina Wren this morning. It's not a new visitor, but uncommon for us.

Diana Whiting


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[cayugabirds-l] Carolina wren babies

[Naomi Brewer]

Late afternoon yesterday, with much commotion on the parents parts, 3 baby
Carolina wrens left their nest, little things with no tails. Papa and mama
got them settled down before the adults made many trips to the suet feeder
and back to the babies. This morning I heart a lot of gentle chattering out
by the porch and now they are off on their first adventure. I guess the 1st
was getting through last night's cold weather.

 

Naomi Brewer

7214 Wyers Pt Rd. 

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[cayugabirds-l] Carolina Wren

[M Kardon]

Yesterday, at 11:30am I heard a Carolina wren (FOY for me) in my backyard, but 
couldn't find it.  Today, it turned up on top of one of our bird feeders, 
calling again.  M


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Carolina Wren

[Jesse Ross]

I can't resist sending along this short video of a Carolina Wren, who
taught me a valuable lesson this summer about earbirding with caution!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clzEw92JjsE

Best,
Jesse Ross


On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 8:52 PM, Mark Miller mmiller...@rochester.rr.comwrote:

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 Talking about strange vocalizations, a few times in the last week or two
 I've found a Carolina Wren (got a visual ID at about 5' away) making a
 croaking sound. It was definitely not it's typical song, but each time
 was at 7 AM and it flies off before it gets light enough to photograph.
 This was along Seneca Lake, southeast of Geneva, off East Lake Rd.
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[cayugabirds-l] Carolina Wren

[Mark Miller]

Talking about strange vocalizations, a few times in the last week or two I've 
found a Carolina Wren (got a visual ID at about 5' away) making a croaking 
sound. It was definitely not it's typical song, but each time was at 7 AM and 
it flies off before it gets light enough to photograph. This was along Seneca 
Lake, southeast of Geneva, off East Lake Rd.
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[cayugabirds-l] Carolina Wren serenade

[Nari Mistry]

A Carolina Wren is singing loudly just outside my window right  now as I 
sit at my desk. I can see his throat action as he sings. He has been 
flitting up  down the spruce branches within 15 ft. of my window. Now 
he is trying out a whole variety of songs in his repertoire! Possibly he 
is a young bird trying all his songs and trills.
Some mornings his song seems loud enough as if he sitting at our bedroom 
window.

Nari Mistry
Ellis Hollow Rd.
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Carolina Wren serenade

[Geo Kloppel]

He may very well be at your window. Around my house the window trim,  
eaves and rafter tails are good places to find spiders, flies, and  
other tasty items, and the Carolina Wrens are not shy about  
investigating them.


-Geo

On Jul 22, 2011, at 8:50 AM, Nari Mistry wrote:

A Carolina Wren is singing loudly just outside my window right  now  
as I sit at my desk. I can see his throat action as he sings. He  
has been flitting up  down the spruce branches within 15 ft. of my  
window. Now he is trying out a whole variety of songs in his  
repertoire! Possibly he is a young bird trying all his songs and  
trills.
Some mornings his song seems loud enough as if he sitting at our  
bedroom window.

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Ellis Hollow Rd.
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Spencer NY 14883

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[cayugabirds-l] Carolina Wren pair come to be counted today.

[Nari Mistry]

Both of the Carolina Wren pair appeared together today at our suet, 
just so they could be counted for the GBBC. They were missing since 
last Thursday and only one at a time has appeared sporadically last 
week. A red squirrel happily sits all day inside the outer suet cage, 
discouraging small birds -- in spite of my efforts to persuade him 
away to seed elsewhere, cajole him, threaten him.


In  past years a CAWren pair has stayed around all year and even once 
nested in a brush pile. Hope they do again.

Nari Mistry, Ellis Hollow Rd.


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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Carolina Wren pair come to be counted today.

[Naomi Brewer]

Nari -
Your story of your squirrel made me want to share my story -
Saturday(2nd day of bird count) morning I noticed the cardinals flying to my
big green metal feeder, then flying away without stopping for food. I
thought it must be empty, my son thought not. He went out with a bucket of
food anyway and as he got to the feeder he could see gray fur where the
birds would eat so he carefully raised the metal cover and out flew a gray
squirrel. It had to have spent the night in there at least. And he had eaten
all the food.!!  I don't see how he got the metal cover up enough to get in.
My 4 pair of Cardinals and all the other birds are happy again. 
Naomi Brewer
7214 Wyers Pt. Rd.
Ovid, N.Y. 14521

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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Carolina Wren pair come to be counted today.

Both of the Carolina Wren pair appeared together today at our suet, just so
they could be counted for the GBBC. They were missing since last Thursday
and only one at a time has appeared sporadically last week. A red squirrel
happily sits all day inside the outer suet cage, discouraging small birds --
in spite of my efforts to persuade him away to seed elsewhere, cajole him,
threaten him.

In  past years a CAWren pair has stayed around all year and even once nested
in a brush pile. Hope they do again.
Nari Mistry, Ellis Hollow Rd.


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[cayugabirds-l] Carolina wren

[Barrs]

I had a Caroline wren on a suet feeder this morning, a happy  
occasion.  I am not sure I have ever seen one in the winter before:  
brilliant, beautiful coloring against the snow.


Susan Barr
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[cayugabirds-l] Carolina Wren

[Meena Haribal]

Yesterday while I was waiting for the bus I heard a cheery chirp of our 
neighborhood little fellow (Carolina Wren) in spite of temp being in single 
digit. He entertained me while I was waiting for a short time while waiting 
for the bus, may be just about two minutes.. Somewhere nearby there was 
also a House Finch singing.

I am also awed by the squirrels who never seem to be tired or bored of cold 
temperatures. They always seem to be cheerfully hopping around and digging 
for the cached nuts, except occasionally when they are chasing each other.

Also while waiting for the bus, I saw the Red Squirrel from my yard showing 
an intention of wanting to go across the road and there was continuous 
traffic, so in my mind, I was begging him not to cross. He stopped for a 
few seconds at the entrance of the driveway looking this way and that and 
then also decided it was no safe to cross the road and he crossed the 
driveway and went into yews. I was relieved that he was safe, but only to 
find a few seconds later he is crossing the road! But a very smart guy, he 
had climbed up the electric pole in the yard and was crossing overhead on 
the electrical wires!  I felt stupid that I thought him to be dumb =-O

Today morning I have heard Tufted Titmouse, Blue  Jays and Crows 
calling.  I feel while I am listening to music, I have been hearing 
something else singing, may be a Robin, or may it is just my brain that has 
been tricking me .

Meena


Meena Haribal
Ithaca NY 14850
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Carolina Wren!

[Gary Kohlenberg]

I was surprised this week to see a Carolina Wren had taken up residence 
in my garage. It has the advantage of no door and only a few feet from 
the feeders, good living.


Gary


bilba...@pop.lightlink.com wrote:

I have had at least one and perhaps 2 Carolina Wrens (I have heard two
singing back and forth once, a few weeks ago) at my feeders since before
Thanksgiving. They like the sunflower seeds,  but especially take advantage
of the suet I have out. I'm in Caroline Center at about 1640 Ft.

Bill
Baker

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