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<\/p>\nI can’t imagine a more prolific songster than the Marsh Wren.<\/p>\n
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1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n This is an older photo of a Marsh Wren singing atop a cattail at Bear River MBR. This and others I took of the same bird that morning are among my favorite photos of the species, for a variety of reasons including the out of focus background that has no distracting elements but still strongly suggests the typical habitat of the species. And for the singing behavior of course.<\/p>\n I don’t know the sex of this bird but both sexes sing and males learn between 50 and 200 song types which they sing all day and all night throughout the summer.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A horizontal composition of the same photo if you prefer.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In the marshes neighboring adult males engage in complex and intense countersinging duels, singing almost continuously day and night in their bid for reproductive success.<\/p>\n With apologies to the likes of Wyatt Earp and Ike Clanton I like to think of it as the songfight at the cattail corral.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I can’t imagine a more prolific songster than the Marsh Wren.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/marsh-wren-0105-horizontal-crop-ron-dudley.jpg\" "\\"marsh-wren-0105-horizontal-crop-ron-dudley\\"")
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