Bird Watching: House wrens have selected our balcony, 1 by pennyroyal45

pennyroyal45 wrote:
The wrens that I have here are recycling a nest they made. On the shady woods side of our house there is an old discarded Rubbermaid cabinet, but the doors somehow were open. A nest was put together up in a far corner of that. The second batch of babies have just hatched ---5 of them ! I also have old nests on our open back porch. It is hard to believe that such a tiny bird can sing so loud.
Ours check out every flowerpot and item on the porch looking for bugs and/or nesting materials. I just know that someone was looking at a wren when the word "jaunty" was coined !! There couldn't be more than 3 or 4 feathers in that little snip of a tail they have. I live in Mobile, AL.
another bird tale -- I noticed recently a blue jay on the ground who was making more noise than usual. Walking over he flew off, but there was a small snake on the ground and I think he was trying to kill it. Was a non-poisonous variety. I never knew bluejays took on snakes !