A few years ago we had a couple of Carolina wrens build a nest in our shed. I startled the chicks one day and they all scattered about.
I thought I had chased them away.
But a little research told me that they mate for life and are territorial. So I wasn't that surprised to find another clutch of eggs a few months later.
Last year they got an early start laying eggs in mid-April.
So I was surprised to not see my little wrens around this year. They were noticeably absent year both in song and sight. I had discovered one nest by a bush out our front door but that turned out to be a robin's nest. It turns out that they too are monogamous.
Then I discovered a nest outside my bathroom window but the bird's call was distinctly cardinal.
I couldn't help but wonder what happened to my wrens.
And then today, just a short while ago, my son went to get his bike out of the shed and said a bird darted out at him.
Sure enough, my wrens have returned...
