tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post615579098671749345..comments2024-03-28T08:18:57.280-05:00Comments on stuff from ellen's head: broken homeellen abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-34784299827915184962010-05-24T10:32:45.337-05:002010-05-24T10:32:45.337-05:00I got curious and Googled for information. I'd...I got curious and Googled for information. I'd say the following quote from http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/House_Wren/lifehistory sounds logical.<br /><br />"<i> Male House Wrens start building several nests at once in hopes of persuading a female to mate with him. Pairs typically break up by the end of each nesting season and choose new partners the next year. House Wrens are aggressive. Single males sometimes compete for females even after a pair has begun nesting. In about half of these contests the outsider succeeds in displacing his rival, at which point he usually discards any existing eggs or nestlings and begins a new family with the female.</i>"Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-53527940505936771402010-05-22T09:15:09.822-05:002010-05-22T09:15:09.822-05:00Hopefully it wasn't sparrows being predators.
...Hopefully it wasn't sparrows being predators.<br /><br />Bird's reactions are generally flight before fight; they'll always live to do whatever another day.<br /><br />Hopefully, she returns.Sarah Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16054477978470497670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-78922689392447490532010-05-21T14:54:55.701-05:002010-05-21T14:54:55.701-05:00A sensitive account of one of life's small cre...A sensitive account of one of life's small creatures. I enjoyed both your writing and your photography.Rinkly Rimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07890344869337115307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-61465864737821856452010-05-21T09:04:00.784-05:002010-05-21T09:04:00.784-05:00It's such a sad story, but I think animals are...It's such a sad story, but I think animals are much more practical about these things than we are.<br /><br />When my roommates built the porch, a robin built her nest on top of one of the not yet installed columns. John very carefully moved the next to another location but the bird came back and rebuilt a new nest on the column. John tried to work around it. The noise so freaked her out that she abandoned the eggs. When he finally removed the next, the eggs had rotted.<br /><br />Such a sad story; it makes my heart jump into my throat. Your story, too.Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-34270486492622036852010-05-21T05:21:56.487-05:002010-05-21T05:21:56.487-05:00Hmmm! 'Tis a mystery for sure. How the heck ...Hmmm! 'Tis a mystery for sure. How the heck did those eggs fall out? And how sad for Mrs. Wren. <br />Hugs<br />SueAnnSueannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05299288406218968621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-88528210083092508462010-05-21T00:34:13.606-05:002010-05-21T00:34:13.606-05:00How strange - I hope she comes back. I wonder how ...How strange - I hope she comes back. I wonder how the eggs got out of the nest. Cat? Weasel?PurestGreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860331983741242940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-13172849910772483382010-05-21T00:13:27.219-05:002010-05-21T00:13:27.219-05:00Such a perfect jewel of a post. Some people just s...Such a perfect jewel of a post. Some people just seem to have the loveliest affinity with birds. Like you. Wish I did too!Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18372015226222285350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-5305750020421052232010-05-20T20:56:29.483-05:002010-05-20T20:56:29.483-05:00Mystery- what a sweet little egg.Mystery- what a sweet little egg.Linda Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070050388987072100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-40753494044561537482010-05-20T20:21:52.646-05:002010-05-20T20:21:52.646-05:00Last week a little wren flew into the kitchen and ...Last week a little wren flew into the kitchen and landed on my tea kettle handle! (Our old crank out kitchen windows don't have screens.) She looked around a bit and flew back out.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.com