If you have birdhouses, you have probably seen wrens checking them out or even nesting in them. The male house wren arrives early in Spring and will construct as many as a dozen or more nests in his territory. When the females arrive, he will court a female by taking her around and showing off his work. When a female finally accepts one of his nesting sites they will mate. Range and Habitat Wrens can be found just about everywhere in North America, usually migrating to the southern portions of their range during the colder winter months.
Wrens love brushy thickets, hedges, farmland, open forests and tangles of suburban gardens.
Wrens will not usually visit your bird feeder as they are predominantly insect eaters. Have plenty of water sources available for them in the form of a pedestal or hanging birdbath as well as a ground level water source. See our birdhouse specifications chart for the proper dimensions and mounting of your wren houses. Wrens build their nests with grass, plant fibers, leaves, feathers, and twigs, and just about anything else they can find. Offer nesting materials in concentrated stashes throughout your backyard habitat.