Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Birds of the mid-Atlantic (and other critters too), 3 by greenthumb99

greenthumb99 wrote:
Pat's continuing wren tale:

The larger of the wren hatchlings was out of the nest late this afternoon, but still in the pot of Mexican bush sage. Later it was up on the nest, and after dinner (ours -- it was being fed the entire time) it was on one of the branches. For the first time, the parents were very much in evidence with food in their beaks, and chattering up a storm. At this point the other nestling was more in evidence.

Very shortly after the last sighting of the larger baby on the branch, I took care of things elsewhere in the yard. Perhaps 15 minutes later, the fledgling was gone, with the parents chirping away on the gutter 10 feet or so from where the nest was. I think they are Carolina wrens.