Applicable Wren House Plans
Michalis 'BIG Mike' Kotzakolios

The Wren is a small, plump songbird of the family Troglodytes aedon, which typically weighs about 12 grams and measures up to 11.5 centimeters. Their breeding range spans the continent from southern Canada to the southeastern United States. Wrens are quite similar to house sparrows but have longer, slender bills and usually perch with their tails sited straight up. Wrens being cavity-nesters dwell in large cup nests in various sorts of cavities, either natural or man-made nest boxes. Setting up a birdhouse or nest box is an excellent way to attract the wren closer to your house. However, before you build a birdhouse for wrens, make sure you have the suitable wren house plans.

Wren house plans stipulate that a wren house should be only four inches (10 cm) wide on each side, seven inches (17.5 cm) deep, with an entrance hole about one-and-a-half inches (3.2 cm) in diameter. Most garden centers or grain stores sell these birdhouses. You can also buy kits containing precut wood pieces to assemble yourself. To build a birdhouse, you will need the appropriate wren house plans to know specific measurements and entrance hole diameters. That's because each species of bird has a particular preference for a nest box.

Wrens' bubbling call and fervent energy make them one of the most pleasant backyard birds. House wrens readily nest in solidly supported birdhouses placed in-between five to ten feet above the ground. The protection of thick vegetation or trees is attractive to wrens. Wren house plans also dictate that these boxes should be built of good wood that will last several years in the outdoors. These plans further state that you may paint only the external surfaces using darker hues like brown or green color. Additionally, the tops of these houses should be hinged and fastened with a hook and eye, so that the birdhouses can be checked and cleaned periodically.

For their diminutive size, house wrens manifest extremely aggressive behaviors toward other bird species. Wrens are dreadfully territorial and almost any other nesting bird in its territory is threatening. Wrens often claim all nest cavities anywhere near its own, and if other birds occupy these cavities, punctured eggs or dead nestlings are the common outcome. This appalling behavior of house wrens may distress some bird enthusiasts who discover "wren mayhem" in their bluebird boxes. For that reason, wren house plans specifically caution that when setting up wren birdhouses, one needs to ensure that natural cavities or nest boxes of other exotics or endangered species are not present within its vicinity.

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