Juvenile Marsh Wren

I normally have difficulty getting close enough to Marsh Wrens for them to be large enough in the frame to show good detail. They’re very small, incredibly flitty and they inhabit busy backgrounds – all challenges for the photographer. Last year I had some success with adults but juveniles have always eluded me.

 

Marsh Wrens of Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

This week I was finally able to get some decent images of Marsh Wrens.

Canon 7D, 1/2000, f/8, ISO 400, 500 f/4, 1.4 tc

In the past these birds have always been buried too deeply in vegetation for me to get shots I liked [...]