120 Years Later, Wrens Still Make Nests in Wren’s Nest Mailbox
Written on July 1, 2008 at 11:25 am, by Lain
Our museum gets its name from our mailbox.
A family of wrens made a nest inside the mailbox for 214 Gordon Street in the 1880s while Joel Chandler Harris lived here.
Harris didn’t want to disturb the wrens, so he put up another mailbox next to it. When wrens took over that one too, that’s where he drew the line.
We’ve got a replica mailbox outside now. Last year I opened the mail one day and nearly fell over when I saw freshly laid eggs just chilling inside the mailbox.
This past month we’ve seen a wren going in and out of the mailbox. One of our visitors caught her on film after she flew from the mailbox to a nearby tree.
I’m guessing it’s a girl. What should we name it?
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Amber Suitt
Program Director
Lain Shakespeare
Executive Director
10 Comments to 120 Years Later, Wrens Still Make Nests in Wren’s Nest Mailbox
You should name it Mr. McFeely.
Wren-ay (or Renee if you want to be technical about it)
Brer Wren?
The Ghost of Christmas Past
or
JCH Reincarnate
or
Senator Wren
Ester LaRose , of course.
Or Jenny
I think you should name it Alice. Alice Walker Harris.
Expert pet-namer provides the following in no particular order:
1. Princess 2. Goober 3. Toni macaroni 4. Ruthie 5. Lady 6. Drucilla 7. Anomaly 8. Miss 9. River 10. Noni
You guys are good. Especially you, Bryan. Your pet-namer is a veritable fount of awesome name suggestions.
Susie, your suggestion of Alice Walker Harris is pretty funny, but also a little weird because someone who you don’t know suggested the exact same name.
We’ll wait it out to see if anyone else comes up with any more transcendent names and then name the bird.
Muse-original owner of house
Queen Anne-
Victoria
Savannah
Henrietta W. Grady
Juliet-obvious Shakespeare ties
Miss Sally
Rosie-Roosevelt, Esther LaRose
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