For the past couple of weeks, we've had wrens nesting in a hanging plant on the front porch, right by the front door. We've been watching the mama and daddy birds flying in and out, back and forth, feeding their babies. Yesterday, the mama flew up, landed up high, on the hanging wires, and daddy was right below her, not letting her get down to the nest. She was trying to come down, and he was in her way, until finally, he took the grasshopper that she had in her mouth and ate it. She was so mad! She chased him around the plant, pecking him on the head several times, chased him down on to the porch and down the steps until he flew off. I could just picture her saying, "That was for the children, you pig!" My DD and I were just laughing the whole time.
Later on, I wondered if maybe that wasn't the daddy, but if it could have been a baby from a previous nest, coming home from college to raid the food or something.