Friday, May 29, 2015

A House Wren in My Bird Bottle

I have several of these handmade redware pottery bird bottles from Colonial Williamsburg hanging on my house. This one is on the back of my cottage so I can see and enjoy it from my balcony. It was fun watching the nest building earlier in the spring. Want one? Order here while they have free shipping. The two centuries old HISTORY behind these authentic bird bottles can be read here. Enjoy!

I got as close as I could with my iPhone in hand before Jenny Wren flew away. I promise not to bother her again while she hatches her babies. If you want to see an old blog post of mine with a photo of a bird nest I removed from one of these bottles on the front of my house, click here. I had to remove it when I had my cottage painted two years ago.
PS--I woke up earlier than ever this morning. Sigh. 

3 comments:

Unknown said...

I forgot to say; in the first two nests......four or five baby birds flew! This is the first nest that there wasn't one egg left. I think you probably had most babies fly! two just weren't fertilized

Gorgeous nests and birds! Aren't we lucky???

Give them the shelter and the habitat.....and they will come!! And nest! And stay close!!!!

Windmill Farm said...

lOVE THE REDWARE POTTERY FOR BIRDS. i CLICKED ON THE LINK BUT AFTER SEARCHING COULD NOT FIND ANY OF THE REDWARE WREN POTTERY JUGS. lOVE THE IDEA AND THANKS FOR SHARING.

Content in a Cottage said...

Windmill Farm == Unfortunately, Williamsburg Pottery bird bottles are no longer being made :( but sometimes appear on eBay.
I searched Google and found a similar product here:
https://www.springhillnursery.com/product/terra-cotta-nesting-bottle?p=0439751&gclid=Cj0KCQjwuMrXBRC_ARIsALWZrIiP0ASWhWVAIASWojh6VhXKf7WGm8sEUljbVaob82OAZ7ztwpdD9dgaAnf5EALw_wcB
xo, Rosemary