Guess what's in my basket

We were sitting in the garden on Thursday evening and saw a wren flitting about and thought she/he was catching insects in the hanging basket that I had not taken down from last year (too much effort needed as it was behind the rose bushes) then we realised that they were feeding some young.


If you look really closely you can just make out some hungry mouths.




How wonderful is that!!!!!!!!!!! :D

 

Bet you are glad you didn't bother to move it- it looks really cosy. Hope they get on OK!

 

Looks a great place to nest..what a sensible little wren, unlike our blackbirds that seem to choose the daftest places they can find :rolleyes:

 

Thats lovely Theyre clever birds to find such a cosy home! Do you think theyll plant it up for you before they leave?

 

Wopnderful - wrens are perhaps my most favourite bird - and what a song from so small a bird. :eek:

 

Know what you mean Fran, their song is wonderful, they have been so busy feeding the birds non stop all weekend, don't know how old they are before they fledge! We have been sitting in the garden all weekend and had some freinds round for a Barbie after the football on Saturday so I was quite concerned about disturbing them, even moved the barbie so that we would not smoke them out, but they still carried on feeding their young, coming back with huge mouthfuls of insects, plenty about at the moment.

Don't know if it's the same pair but we have had a wrens nest in one of our trees for the last two years, wonder if they use old nests of make new ones each year :confused:

 

That's so cool!! Great pics, will youleave the basket up for next year too, or do wrens find a new place every year?

 

Wow - its all rather humbling, isn't it??

 

The baby Wrens are just about to fledge I think, been lots of feeding going on all weekend, got this photo last night

 

Looks like it indeed. Good luck to them, they are great little birds.