Eastern Marsh-Wren with an eye on me, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma

Eastern Marsh-Wren Images, Facts and Information:

Cistothorus palustris

  • Eastern Marsh-Wrens are small, brown secretive birds with dark caps, thin bills, whitish eyelines and bold black and white patterns on their backs. Their tail is usually held in an upright position. Eastern Marsh-Wrens are generally more colorful than Western Marsh-Wrens and have a darker cap.
  • Eastern Marsh-Wrens are year round residents to short distance migrators. Eastern Marsh-Wrens breed in parts of southern Canada and the central and eastern U.S. Some coastal populations are year round residents along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Migratory populations winter in the southern U.S. and Mexico. They prefer marshy habitats.
  • Eastern Marsh-Wrens eat insects and other invertebrates.
  • Eastern Marsh-Wrens lay 3 to 10 eggs which hatch in 12 to 16 days, they are polygamous. The males build the nests.
  • A group of wrens can be called a “flight”, “chime”, “herd” or flock of wrens.

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