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Re: [SHADEGARDENS] Wrens & Slugs

Clyde, wrens have a similar coloration to sparrows, but have a darting,
jerky movement, plus a "stance" which seems perpetually to be looking "up".
 Very sharp little beaks, and "beadier" eyes (smarter too) than sparrows.
The tail has an almost "upright" angle.  They will make themselves known if
you have them, as they scold and get hysterical if you do something they
don't like...Joann
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> From: CCREDUX <CCREDUX@AOL.COM>
> To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SHADEGARDENS] Wrens & Slugs
> Date: Saturday, March 14, 1998 5:39 PM
>
> In a message dated 98-03-14 10:32:15 EST, Deansliger@AOL.COM writes:
>
> <<
>  If you go out in the garden and sit very quietly for a while, you'll see
the
>  wrens down on the ground picking around the bases of the hostas and
other
>  places where slugs hide for the day.  >>
>
> Dean & Others,
> I have tried to attract wrens to my yard--put up three wren houses and I
must
> be doing sometnig wrong--nary a wren!
>
> Where should a wren house ideally be placed? How high off the ground?
>
> I have used the houses that are attached to a tree limb with a chain.
Would it
> be better to have the houses on some sort of stake?
>
> Please do not laugh--but could you give me some idea what a wren looks
like?
> Are they similar in appearance to sparrows?
> Are there any other birds that eat slugs?
>
> TY!
>
> Clyde Crockett z5 ccredux@a0l.com  Indianapolis IN
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