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from nocturnal predators, such as owls and raccoons. Protection from icy wind and flying snow is also important.
Evergreens — pines, hemlocks and especially cedars — are frequently chosen for roosting. Other birds spend the night in dense tangles of vines such as honeysuckle, bittersweet and catbriar.
Carolina Wrens often spend the night in nests in which they raised young the previous summer. Some wrens construct nests specifically for roosting.
When we lived in McLean, a pair of Carolina Wrens nested in a clothespin bag hanging on the porch. After the young left the nest, the family gathered each night in the old nest, which they continued to use throughout the winter. By January, only three wrens — the adults and one surviving young — silently slipped into the1 clothespin bag at dusk as I watched from inside.
One evening in late February, there was an altercation on the porch — much “churring” and bouncing about. The young bird was evicted from the homeplace and sent out into the world to seek another territory
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