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Good Evening,
I think I have some house wrens that visit my feeder. I see these small, chestnut-brown birds with lighter bellies in the morning, usually around 7:00. I'm fairly sure these are house wrens, but I need to know if a wren will cling to the side of a tree and even creep up the side? I checked pictures of brown creepers and nuthatches, but the house wren is the best visual match I've found so far. Does this sound like typical house wren behavior?
Thank you!
Wrens don't usually creep up the side of a tree; sounds more like a creeper, but neither eat seeds so they are unlikely to visit a bird feeder, at least not very often. I don't know where you live so I can't make an educated guess at what else it might be but I suspect it might be a nuthatch.
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| Comment | Sir, Thank you for your time. I wish these little birds would hold still or at least land closer to my window so I could get a better look at them. I guess that's part of the fun in birdwatching; it feels like a gift when you get to identify a new visitor at your feeder! Thanks again, Jill | ||
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