[Mnbird] update on wren behavior in SW Mpls.

[Miller Johnson]

Correction: the new female and the "south" nestbox, although maybe the north one!
Molly
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From: Miller Johnson <johnson-miller at msn.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2024 2:19 PM
To: Susan Kennedy via Mnbird <mnbird at lists.mnbird.net>; Susan Kennedy <smkennedy_mn at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Mnbird] update on wren behavior in SW Mpls.

Thanks so much for the update, Susan! You're west nest kids may fledge before the new female's eggs hatch (since the north female is still in the courting stage!). That's slightly better news for the females, cuz he'll be able to help feed his current kids for a while without the second kids interfering.

I feel bad for the chickadees. They must be having a bad summer if they're still trying to find a good home for the season.

Please keep us informed!

Molly Jo Miller
Dakota Co
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From: Mnbird <mnbird-bounces at lists.mnbird.net> on behalf of Susan Kennedy via Mnbird <mnbird at lists.mnbird.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2024 1:54 PM
To: MNBird <mnbird at lists.mnbird.net>
Subject: [Mnbird] update on wren behavior in SW Mpls.

I wrote recently about a male wren repeatedly visiting the recently vacated birdhouse (south side), while his second family was still in residence in another house on the west side.

Today, the male visited the south side house again, but had a female with him inspecting the house. They also visited the unused house on the north side of my porch. This seems to me that this must be a second female, as the babies in the west side house presumably have a mom feeding them. (Of course, they don't wear name tags; I assume the singing bird must be the male, but I can't prove two females.) It seems so odd that a new female would show up mid-summer.

Then, to add to the puzzlement, a pair of chickadees also were trying to inspect the south house several times, driven off, of course, by the wren. (In past years, the chickadees used the south box, but fledged their family before the wren arrived.)

Fascinating events without even me leaving home.

Susan
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