Looking out my kitchen window this morning I saw a molting Carolina Wren at the suet feeder.
It reminded me of the picture above. This picture was taken many years ago,
and it was recently rediscovered.Yesterday after reading an online article about birds,
I finally realized the sad story that this picture tells.
As you can see the Carolina Wren sits atop a wooden birdhouse. The time of year was late fall.
The birdhouse had been attached to our back fence, though it had never been very secure.
Some big birds would regularly knock it down. It was on the ground when I picked it up and decided to take it in.
On our deck I had opened it and found a big tuft of auburn colored human hair, almost the same color as this bird.
I remember how odd this was. I had not been cutting hair, and no one in my family had that color of hair.
Some bird had found this hair somewhere in some other yard or space and filled the bird house with it.
The article that I read the other day told us to keep our bird houses up because some birds spend the winter in them.
It specifically mentioned the Carolina Wren.Suddenly I realized the mistake that I had made. This Carolina Wren was trying to reclaim its home that it must have painstakingly filled with hair to keep warm throughout the winter.
It is hard to remember what I did with the hair. I hope I left it outside, so it could be reclaimed.
We do have many alcoves throughout our property that this little bird hopefully found to nest in for the winter.
I always have good intentions for the wildlife that find a home within our garden. However this showcases how dumb mistakes can be made without fully thinking things through. I find solace in the fact that most people make mistakes.
Even worse...many people do not even care.
I do feel confidant that our little wren here was resilient. They are one of the cutest and loudest birds to grace a garden.
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