Knowing this can make it hard for us to sometimes advocate for house wrens. This invasion can be the ruin of an entire brood. They are known for building dummy nests, and that means they often invade active nest boxes and throw the eggs out or even very young nestlings. House wrens are definitely a threat to nesting bluebirds, chickadees, tree swallows and other smaller cavity birds. Furthermore, we encourage everyone here to have a heart for backyard bird conservation, and that means protecting native wild birds. In this article, we’ll be highlighting 8 tips for what you should do if you’ve spotted a house wren near your bluebird or chickadee nest box.īut Before we do that, it is extremely important for us to remind everyone that house wrens are native cavity nesting birds and are therefore federally protected. If you have a house wren going near your bluebird or chickadee nest box, the first step you can take is to add a second nest box, after that optimizing nest box location, adding a wren guard, keeping the wren busy and a few other steps will help keep the peace between bluebirds and house wrens.
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If you’re managing a bluebird nest box, chickadee nest box or other native cavity bird and have seen a house wren in your yard or even enter your nest box, you might be wondering if they’re a threat and how to minimize the house wren threat to your bluebirds.
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