House Wrens and Carolina Wrens--NARRATED

[@TheDebsBooks]

Thank you! I can finally identify the bird that nested in our hanging plant. It's a Carolina Wren. She's so fast when she darts away, that it's been hard to see the whole of her! And, man, but she barks/chirps at me, chastising, when I go out front to water plants on the porch, and she has to fly into a nearby tree.

[@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIWxiKFqmZaYqtE Hearing from my viewers and responding to their comments is a pleasure. Unfortunately I must forgo answering comments for awhile because the rotator cuff tear in my left arm is healing slowly, and I just learned that I have carpal tunnel syndrome in my right arm. I seem to have a body made out of cheap spare parts. So I won’t be answering comments before the beginning of August, if then. But if there’s something you’d like to tell me, please do so. I’ll be interested in what you have to say. It’s just that you’ll have to guess at what I would have answered. (I’ll be pasting this answer to every comment I get for the next few weeks.)

[@bobbydavis2347]

MY FAVORITE - The Carolina wrens that come to my back porch every day, DOZENS of times a day, are my faithful companions as I work at home. Along with the squirrels, they are my major distraction from work! LOL Thank you for your movie. I can tell you love nature. I thank God for COVID. It has slowed me down by allowing me to work with a beautiful view of God's creatures just outside my back door.

[@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME]

My husband's desk faces our backyard, and a guest (a fellow birder) asked him: "How do you ever get any work done?"

[@bobbydavis2347]

@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME I believe that the time I spend watching them helps me focus better! They're songs are better than classical music! They lift my spirits, and bring me so much joy. I call them gifts from God, because they really and truly brighten my day. I know some people have posted things about how they annoy them, or build nests in their eaves and wake them up too early... I get it, but I'm afraid I tend to think, "Oh, well, they're all grown up, they're done being happy." Can't help that! :-)

[@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME]

@@bobbydavis2347 Your attitude about all of it makes sense to me, Bobby--well, except that I'm retired and doing what I love, so I'm happy even at 78. Are Gray Catbirds by any chance another favorite of yours? Or Brown Thrashers? I've done several movies about each of them.

[@bobbydavis2347]

​@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME Hi Jo, unfortunately, I can't say I've ever seen either of those here... But I will check out your movies and keep an eye out! I think its so funny to see the cardinals that come to my feeder while they're molting (I saw one with only 1 feather in its crest!) Too funny! Anyway, thank you so much.

[@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME]

@@bobbydavis2347 One feather in its crest, huh? You're right. that would be funny.

[@DrumNut927]

Thanks Jo. We put up a bird house this spring and it was soon inhabited by a couple of wrens. It’s been great fun watching them furnish their new house and get ready for egg laying. Just a side note. I was sitting on my deck watching your video and the wren calls in your video prompted my wrens to get all excited and start calling back.

[@fallingfell]

I just found your channel, and am very delighted! Lesleythebirdnerd has an excellent channel too, that I adore. Going to watch some more!

[@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME]

Lesley does have a wonderful channel. She gets crisp closeups, weaves her footage into a story, and does a clear job of narrating, offering plenty of useful info. I can only hope you find my videos as informative and entertaining. Welcome.

[@carolstella6776]

Wrens are so precious! ❤️

[@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME]

Yes indeed!

[@yellowgut]

Great video, these birds are so enjoyable to watch and listen to, they could charge admission!!

[@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME]

I agree. Sassy little guys.

[@riverbender9898]

I love to watch them root through yard debris. Our neighbor had one that slept each night in the corrugated aluminum of a garden shed roof. No nest, he just wedged himself in snugly and seemed instantly asleep. Thanks.

[@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME]

These are Carolina Wrens rather than house wrens you're describing, right? That would be fun to see one snuggle up in the grooves of an aluminum roof and go to sleep. They are so active and curious and fun to watch!

[@riverbender9898]

Yes, Carolina Wrens. It was a hoot because that bird seemed to hit that tiny cage at a fast clip. I was just certain it had been injured, but my neighbor explained that was a nightly practice.

[@prettybird2588]

I love your videos they're so heart touching the way you documents wildlife. Thank you Mrs. Jo

[@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME]

Thank you for that heartfelt compliment. I've made another couple hundred movies since I posted this one more than six years ago ... but this vid is still worth watching. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@my35Xvision]

Awesome!!! What a pleasure to hear and see these birds! Great captures, dear Jo! I enjoyed it so much. Thank you. Happy summer to you and your wonderful singers! :)

[@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME]

Thank you for the kind words, my35Xvision. The folks across the street have a Carolina Wren nest on their patio, so I'll have more Carolina footage before the summer is over.

[@johnfoster6110]

I am really enjoying your videos. Also enjoying listening to all of the wonderful comments. Getting a kick out of some of the snarky comments as well. I highly disagree with the commenter who wrote that he wished you would “keep your damn voice out“. I vote for keeping your wonderful voice in! 3:24

[@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME]

I appreciate the vote of confidence, John.And I'd add that I get 99 and 44/100 % commenters agreeing with you about my voice. The movies I made about Starlings get the most snarky comments. Some people just can't understand why I don't pull out a pistol and fire off a few rounds.

[@hobartborger5064]

What a lovely video!!

[@hairscrunchy]

this warmed my heart! i'd love a nice yard like yours, must be nice to be able to see everything that goes on...

[@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME]

Love to hear that the movie warmed your heart. We had rare sunshine and wonderful temps today. I spent it outside, filming Brown Thrashers, Robins, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Rusty Blackbirds, and House Finches. What a day!! I'm certainly not going stir crazy like some people during these quarantine times.

[@bobbydavis2347]

@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME OOOO! You must be near St. Louis if you found Eurasian Tree Sparrows! I saw one about 100 miles away on my porch in West Frankfort, Illinois, some years ago! They don't seem to venture far from St. Louis and I'll never forget sitting next to a young man on a plane back then and finding out he was an ornithologist. I asked him if he'd ever seen a Eurasian Tree Sparrow, and his eye bugged out. "Have YOU?" he asked, and when I told him I lived in southern Illinois and had seen one at least 100 miles away, he said, "I'd give anything to see one in person!" Anyway, I never thought I'd be interested in these little creatures, but I have the bug!

[@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME]

@@bobbydavis2347 I plan to do a movie about them sometime this fall. Yes, we're in St. Louis, and we get the ETS in our yard all winter. They nest in the woods behind our house in early spring and then disappear until autumn.

[@alliehamilton-calhoun162]

@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME I've never understood why so many people say they're bored. In French it translates to 'I bore myself'. Were I impervious to the weather I'd be outside all the time; there's always something going on. I'm glad that you appreciate the beauty of nature around you! So many people are unfortunately blind to it.

[@alliehamilton-calhoun162]

Thank you, I've found my _judy_ bird! I've wondered what this bird, who frequently sings in my yard, was for years. It sounded to me as if he was saying _judy judy judy_ . Now I know it's the carolina wren. I have 3 families of house wrens in bird houses currently & none of them are in the house made just for wrens!

[@notsogga]

Wrens are also some of my favorite birds.

[@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME]

I also have a video about how to tell the difference between their songs and Cardinals' songs: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIWxiKFqmZaYqtE

[@waywardmuse]

We get the house wren down here in Arizona -- put up a house for them but no takers yet. Thanks for this very informative video!

[@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME]

Thanks for watching and commenting, waywardmuse. And good luck with the wren house. Having their song all day is a treat.

[@notsogga]

The wrens in my area are Carolina wrens. I see them at feeders, and ive seen them nest in two places. One was in my carport, the other above a shed door, in a crack.

[@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME]

I'll bet that both times you savored the experience of watching them nest. I've never had the pleasure.

[@imaw8ke]

What great Narration! Go to the Head of the Class....

[@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME]

Aww, thank you. And I’ve got plenty more where that one came from. I appreciate you taking the time to tell me how much you liked the movie.

[@InTheGardenandTheBlessings]

*0:42* bird looks like one I am trying to identify in my video Thanks so much for all your help to identify the birds all my books are just sketches and makes it hard to be sure until you see them in true life documentations. Do you have any film on Meadow PIPITS? they look similar in my field book I have one video that has several birds and I would be disappointing if I labeled them wrong. I will check and recheck your videos before I label them. I can tell by the strip and the shape of the Beak. I will site you and include some of your videos as reference in my Desc.

[@murzua5]

Noisy little things! I have a nest in a bird house on my porch. Do they just up and leave the nest when the fledglings are ready? Yesterday they were chirping all day and today so far not a peep.

[@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME]

I'm no expert on your question, Margaret, but my experience of nesting boxes is that once the youngsters fledge, the box is abandoned--unless the parents plan to raise another brood there.

[@liliaduran359]

beautiful

[@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME]

Yes, they are, Lilly. Thank you for commenting.

[@supersnoopy6666]

Hay Jo howdy Indianapolis in here my name is Susie i was wondering what kind of microphone are u using for the birds thanks hun.

[@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME]

This is an old movie, so the mic would have been on my Canon HFG30. These days I use a Canon XF400 and a Nikon P1000. You planning to record animals?

[@supersnoopy6666]

@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME i have a few squirrels an birds i feed i been called the squirrel whisperer by a youtube friend right now i just use mt Samsung Galaxy Note 8 cellphone for my moviesbut i love nature sounds thanks hon for info god bless

[@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME]

supersnoopy6666 arts & crafts I’ve never filmed birds with a phone, so I have no idea what quality of audio you might get. All I can say is best of luck.

[@platoquemado]

I put out a little peanut butter this morning to see who it would attract.... a little carolina wren was the first guest 😁

[@justafase]

This was nice!

[@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME]

Thank you. It's one of may early films. May I suggest another one about how the Carolina Wren sings year round? I just published it, and viewers have been telling me how much they appreciate it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3q3XpaXhch_e6M

[@yimyamm1035]

A bird singing is ultra rare...nobody on net has footage OR audio of this....Everybody thinks birds are singing just because they chirp and do their calls....they're not singing!!!!! When a bird sings it doesn't stop or pause...its continuous...

[@jeffoff7795]

I always have to escort Carolina wrens off out of my screened in porch. Other than a screech owl that turned up one night, wrens are the only birds who ever get trapped on our porch.

[@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME]

I don't know how even Carolinas get into a screened porch, but if any bird could do it, it would be them. They're so curious!

[@missygoff-haas1868]

I've rescued two wrens from our (indoor) cat - they got into the enclosed patio

[@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME]

Good going, missy.

[@ctmelear]

Love it!

[@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME]

They are such cuties pies, aren't they, Claudia?

[@TheHaglered]

We have a nest in our mailbox and we put a camera in the mailbox too

[@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME]

Where does your mail go?

[@richardlucas4134]

Have 16 room condo just erected a few weeks ago..only 1 wren couple stayed...rest vacated...waiting for hatchlings.

[@ctmelear]

3000x day!

[@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME]

Sounds hard to believe, but when I think about how short his songs are and how many times he sings in one minute, I guess it's true.

[@yimyamm1035]

The birds ain't singing...why do people keep saying when a bird makes a noise its singing?! Its not!!!! When a bird sings its continuous, it doesn't pause or stop...nobody has on video or audio a bird singing on the net anywhere....I've witnessed junco singing for real and its continuous n dont stop...it went on for 30 minutes uninterrupted

[@hankroedell9788]

Jo, I wish you would let the birds chirp, and keep your damn voice out.

[@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME]

In the age of Trump, even rude comments are accepted.