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<\/p>\nSometimes I think I focus on raptors too much and don’t give the songbirds their due. This little bundle of energy is my attempt at beginning to make amends.<\/p>\n
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1\/2500, f\/6.3, ISO 500, 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 And few birds have a more legitimate claim to the “songbird” designation than Marsh Wrens. Individual males learn 50-200 song types and as adults during the breeding season they engage in complex countersinging duels almost continually, day and night. However, their reedy, gurgling songs contain few pure musical tones and are not high on aesthetics. John James Audubon described them as sounding like “the grating of a rusty hinge” and most of his contemporaries had similar opinions regarding the appeal of their song.<\/p>\n I photographed this singing wren a year ago this month at Bear River MBR so despite our forecast for more snow tomorrow I’m encouraged by the prospects of seeing and photographing Marsh Wrens singing on territory very soon.<\/p>\n It’s been a long winter and the fat lady has yet to sing.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sometimes I think I focus on raptors too much and don’t give the songbirds their due. This little bundle of energy is my attempt at beginning to make amends.<\/p>\n