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Growing and Using Bird House Gourds

Birdhouse, or bottle gourds, are perfect homes for small birds. Every year several families of House Wrens build nests, raise families and eat garden pests in our yard. Watching them carry cabbage worms into...

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Squeaky and the House Wren

Like Wyle E. Coyote and the Roadrunner, my cat Squeaky, and a feisty house wren were embroiled in a battle a few years ago that not even Sylvester and Tweety could match. OK, maybe it’s wasn’t that bad. ...

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The Where and When of BIrd Houses

We live in Michigan, in the U.S. and have about ten bird houses in my yard all year round. Every year at least three wren families live in them and seem very happy there. If you are about to purchase your...

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How to Get Birds to Nest in Your Yard

Several families of wrens have nested in our yard every year for as long as I can remember. They usually prefer bird houses and often build more than one nest. They build decoy or 'fake' nests to mislead...

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