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The increasing size of the chicks coupled with the rising heat has had Mama and Daddy Wren bringing the babies food but rarely sitting with them. The chicks are quiet most of the time but when they begin cheeping, it is actually surprisingly loud! We feel like we are wren-sitting the babies as we check on them regularly and keep a wary eye out for potential predators or threats to the little guys who are quite frankly amazing looking and goofy looking.
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In other birding news, we are visited?, serenaded?, plagued? by a very happy bird yet unidentified who absolutely glories in singing his heart out in long, melodies...
at 1am
every single morning!!
We suspect the residential and territorial Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) since the songs seems to imitate many birds songs. 
Yes, apparently, even non-noctural birds will sing at night given the right conditions (June, nearby bright streetlight, etc.) New observations report that in urban areas, birds sometimes switch to nightsong to avoid the competition of daytime urban human (vehicle, construction) noise!
Yes, apparently, even non-noctural birds will sing at night given the right conditions (June, nearby bright streetlight, etc.) New observations report that in urban areas, birds sometimes switch to nightsong to avoid the competition of daytime urban human (vehicle, construction) noise!Add to that the song of that harbinger of summer-time guest, our own Chester Cricket 
who has been hiding out somewhere on our front porch area and chirping his own merry tune...every night.
who has been hiding out somewhere on our front porch area and chirping his own merry tune...every night.Who needs to go to the countryside and be plagued with tiny biting insects when we can close our eyes and pretend that we there while in the comfort of our beds!
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