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Garage Becomes a Maternity Ward

One friendly little wren has nested in our garage and captured our hearts.

About three weeks ago, a wren started building a nest on a high shelf in our garage. Carefully crafted from twigs and dried grasses, the little nest is tightly wedged between pieces of clutter, and is shaped long and deep like a cornucopia. The wren spent about two weeks flying in and out of the garage, holding tightly in her beak additional stems and debris to add to her nest. My husband putters around in the garage daily, but the little wren quickly grew accustomed to his presence. Indeed, he began talking to her throughout the day and grew most protective of his little “Wren Wren.” I was a bit concerned about the suitability of our garage as a maternity ward. Would the bird and her babies be safe from our indoor/outdoor cat? Would the …

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