[EBB Sightings] Bewick's Wrens

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I, too, have a pair of Bewicks's Wrens in my small backyard.  I hear  
their lovely song often during the day.  The surprising thing to me  
is that they have been everyday customers at our mixed-nut feeder for  
at least a couple of years, and I have seen them occasionally at the  
thistle feeder.  We have also had a leucistic Bewick's Wren that  
shows up here once in awhile.

I quote here from "The Birds of North America Online."  Our nut  
feeder most likely would be considered under vegetable matter of  
which less than 3% comprises the Bewick Wren's typical diet:

DIET
On basis of analyses of 146 stomachs taken in all months in  
California, major components of adult diet include: bugs (Hemiptera;  
31%), beetles (Coleoptera; 21%), bees and wasps (Hymenoptera; 17%),  
caterpillars and some butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera; 12%),  
grasshoppers and crickets (Orthoptera; 4%), flies (Diptera) and other  
insects (6%), spiders (Araneida; <5%), and vegetable matter (fruit  
pulp, seeds, plant rubbish, <3%; Beal 1907). Largest quantity of  
vegetable matter was eaten in Dec and Jan (Beal 1907).


Marilyn Trabert
(Rudgear area)
Walnut Creek
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-khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">I, too, have a pair of Bewicks's =
Wrens in my small backyard.=A0 I hear their lovely song often during the =
day.=A0 The surprising thing to me is that they have been everyday =
customers at our mixed-nut feeder for at least a couple of years, and I =
have seen them occasionally at the thistle feeder.=A0 We have also had a =
leucistic Bewick's Wren that shows up here once in awhile.

I quote here from "The =
Birds of North America Online."=A0 Our nut feeder most likely would be =
considered under vegetable matter of which less than 3% comprises the =
Bewick Wren's typical diet:

DIET
On basis of analyses of 146 stomachs taken in all months in =
California, major components of adult diet include: bugs (Hemiptera; =
31%), beetles (Coleoptera; 21%), bees and wasps (Hymenoptera; 17%), =
caterpillars and some butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera; 12%), =
grasshoppers and crickets (Orthoptera; 4%), flies (Diptera) and other =
insects (6%), spiders (Araneida; <5%), and vegetable matter (fruit =
pulp, seeds, plant rubbish, <3%; Beal 1907). Largest =
quantity of vegetable matter was eaten in Dec and Jan (Beal 1907).
Marilyn Trabert
(Rudgear =
area)
Walnut Creek
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