House Wren - NestWatch

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Construction Difficulty

moderate

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Nesting Range

Source: Birds of the World

Nesting Habitat

• Forest
• Open Woodland
• Shrub
• Town

Attach Nest Box To

• Building
• Dead Tree
• Live tree
• Pole

Known Nesting Period

Not Nesting Some Nesting Occurrence Nesting in Most of Range JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Source: Birds of the World

Nest Box Placement

Height Range From Ground

5ft10ft 5–10 feet

Spacing Between Nest Boxes

100 feet

Facing

Any

Nest Box Measurements

Entrance Hole Size

1"

Nest Box Depth (inside)

8"

Nest Box Width and Length

5 1/2" 5 1/2"

Helpful Tips

• Place nest box within 100' of woody vegetation, but make sure there is enough space around the box so the wrens can fly freely to and from the entrance hole.
• Male House Wrens typically defend more than one cavity, and may fill all of the nest boxes in the territory with twiggy "mock nests." Only one will be selected and used by the female.
• Both sexes may destroy the eggs or nestlings of nearby cavity nesters in the process of taking over a nest site, so it is a good idea to place nest boxes intended for other species at least 100' away from wren boxes and in more open habitat that is less attractive to wrens.

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