{"id":30838,"date":"2015-04-19T05:05:55","date_gmt":"2015-04-19T11:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=30838"},"modified":"2015-04-19T05:05:55","modified_gmt":"2015-04-19T11:05:55","slug":"bear-river-marsh-wrens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/19\/bear-river-marsh-wrens\/","title":{"rendered":"Bear River Marsh Wrens"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Marsh Wren is an inveterate singer, consequently every one of these wrens has its mouth open. I photographed each one (several are the same bird) two days ago at Bear River MBR.<\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/3200, f\/7.1, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

My\u00a0photos of the species often\u00a0include a busy\u00a0setting like this one. I can be ok with that because I like to include typical habitat in my images but it can get a little messy so…<\/p>\n

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\"marsh<\/p>\n

1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon E<\/em><\/strong>F500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

I also appreciate the occasional image where I catch the bird against a reasonably clean background. I like the way this one is framed by vegetation though I do wish the vertical stem at right was more in focus and wasn’t quite so close to the bird.<\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/4000, f\/7.1, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was up to my old tricks in this series of shots by using very high shutter speeds but these little dynamos are about as quick as birds get and one of my goals was to\u00a0catch one of them in flight.\u00a0I came very close to succeeding…<\/p>\n

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\"marsh\u00a01\/4000, f\/7.1, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

when this one launched toward another perch at stage left. Both feet have left the perch but its wings are still folded against its body. I like the fact that it just couldn’t\u00a0resist continuing to sing as it took off.<\/p>\n

I meant it when I referred to Marsh Wrens as “inveterate singers”. Though most folks don’t much appreciate\u00a0their melodic qualities (Audubon compared their song to the “grating of a rusty hinge”) they are ranked among North America’s most impressive songsters. Young males learn up to 200 different song types<\/a> and they tend to sing all day long.\u00a0Midnight concerts are\u00a0held regularly throughout most of the summer.<\/p>\n

Other birds must think of them as noisy neighbors indeed.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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The Marsh Wren is an inveterate singer, consequently every one of these wrens has its mouth open. I photographed each one (several are the same bird) two days ago at Bear River MBR.<\/p>\n

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