May 6th - Winter Wren babies - One week old. MP4
Channel: Tom Helmer
Date: 2012-05-08

In early April, to our surprise, a mommy and daddy Winter Wren created a nest in between the potted plants in my mom's flower box...below the kitchen window on the front porch.  Four eggs appeared in mid April.  Mommy incubated them for two weeks and on April 29th, two were born. The third was born a day later. The fourth never hatch, but we were able to retrieve the egg as a souvenir for being good landlords:). 

The remarkable thing is that the nest is very accessible for observation.  We read online that apple slices are readily eaten by them, so we have been  supplying daily very small slices at the opening of the nest...and the babes have obliged me by letting me feed them on occasion, which is fun.  Enjoy!