The male arrives before the female in hte spring to an area that it has previously nested before. It prefers the edges of woods, tree rows, parks, gardens, and even residential areas. It nests in natural cavities but will also nest in artificial nesting boxes, flower pots, cow skulls, and abandoned hornet nests. The female lays 5-9 white eggs that are speckled with brown. The house wren eats almost entirely insects.
House wrens migrate south to winter in southern coastal states.