House wren has laid claim to a pot next to the front door.

[Baitball Blogger]

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I think it's a house wren, which means I have a decision to make since they are territorial enough to destroy eggs from other species.

Okay, so the summer started out great. Saw at least two clutches of mourning doves make it to adulthood and cardinals too. The blue Jays have been allowed to feed at the birdfeeder, which they weren't so welcome last year. A hummingbird is in the area, and I had a real treat of watching two pilated woodpeckers drilling at the same time, just the other day.

So, this little wren or sparrow, started to take over a pot, knocking out dirt and the cactus that use to occupy the space. Now, when I open the door, she's not even afraid of me. Her head sticks out at the top of the pot and she has this incredibly intense look. Like, mean, almost.

Does anybody know how to deal with wrens?

Here's the clip I got from the internet:

For all their good qualities such as eating bad insects and being entertaining singers....these birds have a Dark Side. They will peck holes in the eggs of other nesting songbirds, throw nestlings out of a nest, and kill adult nesting birds that are much larger then themselves. In some areas nesting Bluebirds and Tree Swallows have taken a big hit from this small powerhouse of a bird.

Update: It's a Carolina Wren! Just saw her and she has that telltale white line across her eye.

[BlueJazz]

1. Well...it is your property so if you don't want an unwanted guest, I'd..

..send the little bird somewhere else.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. We'll leave it to fate.

The Birders in the birder forum have filled me with wisdom.

[BlueJazz]

5. Perhaps...but you are also a part of fate, just as much as anything else.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. I have interferred with nature out of sheer clumsiness and lack of vision.

I try to make a point not to meddle with the balance when I'm the deciding factor.

Of course, I have my limits. Roaches never get escorted out of the house alive.

[BlueJazz]

7. Of course, what you say is true. I would save the other birds who are kinder and nicer..

...but I've probably messed up the space-time continuum already enough in my life.

[ohiosmith]

2. Your pot is next to your front door? What is your address?

[Baitball Blogger]

4. You'll have to get past the bird first.

[Rhiannon12866]

8. We once had a wren nest in our train station.

When I was in school I worked summers at an amusement park. I drove the purple train that went through the "jungle," loved that job. One summer a wren built a nest in the beams of the train station and I remember her swooping down on the people standing in line waiting for a ride. You're right, they are fearless...

My boss had a thing about the snapping turtles in the "river," afraid they might snap off somebody's finger. I took on the job of relocating them. But nobody ever bothered the bird and her nest remained undisturbed.