{"id":63290,"date":"2018-09-11T05:24:44","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T11:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=63290"},"modified":"2018-09-11T06:14:24","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T12:14:24","slug":"house-wren-a-world-and-a-hemisphere-record-holder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/11\/house-wren-a-world-and-a-hemisphere-record-holder\/","title":{"rendered":"House Wren – A World And A Hemisphere Record Holder"},"content":{"rendered":"

House Wrens have more significance and impact\u00a0on the worldwide avian scene\u00a0than\u00a0most folks realize.<\/p>\n

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1\/1600, f\/6.3, ISO 1600, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

I photographed these two wrens four days ago in the Wasatch Mountains. It was cloudy when I took these first\u00a0two shots of one of them so I really cranked up my ISO to get some reasonable shutter speed.<\/p>\n

From what I\u00a0hear from blog readers and others\u00a0I get the impression that in many other parts of the country these birds are almost ubiquitous in some suburbs, especially back east –\u00a0being easily attracted\u00a0 to nest boxes and extremely tolerant of human activity. But that’s far from my experience with them out west. I\u00a0never see them in the city or suburbs,\u00a0only in forests and wooded canyons where they\u00a0generally seem to be quite shy, although they’re less\u00a0reclusive when nesting.<\/p>\n

This wren was scrounging around a woodpile as it hunted\u00a0for insects and small spiders.<\/p>\n

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1\/1600, f\/6.3, ISO 1600, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

I kind of like this butt-shot with the bird looking toward the lichens on the dead stump (I do wish the lichens were a bit sharper).<\/p>\n

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1\/1600, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

The sun came out for these last two shots of presumably another bird. What I notice about this photo is the way the wren has angled its body to\u00a0mimic the angle of the smaller diagonal\u00a0branch at upper right. In composition little things matter, whether they work for you or not. It’s often a matter of taste.<\/p>\n

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House Wrens are holders of two notable records involving avian populations and our knowledge of birds.<\/p>\n