Baby birds in my tractor

By Aaron Horrell

I walked by my tractor on July 29 and was surprised to see a bird fly out of it. I looked for a nest, and easily found it. It was made of dead weed stems, dead grass, small dead leaves and living moss. The nest held four small speckled eggs.

Today (Aug. 19) I returned to the tractor and checked on the nest. As you can see, all four eggs have hatched. I intended to use the tractor today to do some brush-hogging.

These birds are Carolina wrens. They are great little birds to have around. Insects are their primary diet. The brush-hogging has been put on hold.