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House Wrens Foraging in the Wasatch Mountains

By |2024-02-26T09:07:59-07:00September 8th, 2018|Categories: Birds, House Wrens, Little Dutch Hollow, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday morning I was delighted to find two House Wrens foraging in a brush pile in the Wasatch Mountains not long after sunrise. This time of the year the wrens aren't singing like they do in the spring so I have to rely more on my eyes and not on a combination of my eyes and ears to locate them.

Photographing Nesting House Wrens in the High Uintas

By |2024-02-26T06:57:11-07:00June 2nd, 2018|Categories: House Wrens, Nesting Birds, Summit County, Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Two days ago I spent time photographing nesting House Wrens in the high Uintas near Mirror Lake Highway, of interest to me is that two years ago I photographed Red-naped Sapsuckers using this same nesting cavity.

Nest Building Marsh Wren Plus A Surprise Ferruginous Hawk And FOY Swainson’s Hawk

By |2023-09-19T16:10:52-06:00March 28th, 2018|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Ferruginous Hawks, Marsh Wrens, Swainson's Hawks, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

It was a wonderful morning spotting both the Ferruginous and Swainson's Hawks, seeing quite a few other first of season birds and spending time photographing the Marsh Wren while he was busy constructing his nest.

November Marsh Wren at Farmington Bay WMA

By |2023-09-19T14:58:41-06:00November 2nd, 2017|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Marsh Wrens, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

While looking for an image in my archives I came across this photo of a Marsh Wren making a funny face while doing the splits on some cattails at Farmington Bay WMA and wanted to share it.

Autumn Marsh Wren at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

By |2023-09-19T16:36:30-06:00September 29th, 2017|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Marsh Wrens, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The Marsh Wrens at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge live there year round even through the heat of summer and our harsh winters they are there going about the business of living.

Bear River MBR Marsh Wren perched on rushes

By |2023-09-19T12:28:52-06:00September 13th, 2017|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Marsh Wrens, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Marsh Wrens are small, brown, secretive birds with dark caps, thin bills, whitish eyelines and bold black and white patterns on their backs that usually hold their tails in an upright position.

Mixture of Spring Birds at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

By |2024-03-23T05:33:57-06:00April 13th, 2017|Categories: American Pipits, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Clark's Grebes, House Sparrows, Marsh Wrens, Red-winged Blackbirds, Savannah Sparrows, Utah, Yellow-headed Blackbirds|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I was so happy to photograph this mixture of spring birds at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge that I had a hard time picking out which birds and which photos to share.

Listening for Marsh Wren Songs – Sounds of Early Spring

By |2023-09-19T14:22:41-06:00February 20th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Marsh Wrens, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

I will be listening for the male Marsh Wrens songs at the pond nearby and the marshes at Farmington Bay WMA and Bear River MBR and waiting to see them pop up on top of the cattails, phrags and rushes.

Birds of Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge – Celebrating National Wildlife Refuge Week

By |2024-03-25T06:14:35-06:00October 9th, 2016|Categories: American Avocets, American White Pelicans, Bald Eagles, Barn Owls, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Black-crowned Night Herons, Black-necked Stilts, Box Elder County, Redheads, Rough-legged Hawks, Sandhill Cranes, Tree Swallows, Tundra Swans, Utah, Virginia Rails, Western Grebes, White-faced Ibises|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This is National Wildlife Refuge Week and in celebration I wanted to do a pictorial essay that includes some of my images of the Birds of Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.

Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and A Marsh Wren

By |2023-09-18T17:15:44-06:00November 15th, 2015|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Marsh Wrens, Utah, Video|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge looks beautiful this time of the year so I took a few images of it with my cell phone and a short video when I was there two days ago.

Quiet Morning Spent with the Birds of Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

By |2023-09-19T12:52:49-06:00July 20th, 2015|Categories: American Coots, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Black-necked Stilts, Box Elder County, Great Blue Herons, Marsh Wrens, Pied-billed Grebes, Utah, Willets|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I headed up to Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge yesterday morning and I am very glad I did because of the wonderful birds I saw.

The Demise of the Magical Sapsucker Tree and the Luck of Finding More Nesting Cavity Trees

By |2024-02-26T08:11:17-07:00June 14th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Clark County, House Wrens, Idaho, Red-naped Sapsuckers, Targhee National Forest|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I am heart-broken about losing the Magical Sapsucker Tree but I am glad to have found a few more where the chicks are thriving and are safe so far.

Raising my glass to 2015!

By |2024-03-03T07:06:51-07:00January 1st, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Beaverhead County, Birds, Black-billed Magpies, Centennial Valley, Clark County, Davis County, House Wrens, Idaho, Montana, Moose, Swainson's Hawks, Targhee National Forest, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Raising the glass attached to my camera that is! I'm excited about the photographic opportunities that will present themselves in 2015.

The Magical Sapsucker Tree in Clark County, Idaho

By |2024-03-25T05:57:30-06:00July 4th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Clark County, House Wrens, Idaho, Red-naped Sapsuckers, Targhee National Forest, Tree Swallows, Williamson's Sapsuckers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

A month ago I photographed a pair of Williamson's Sapsuckers excavating a nesting cavity in Idaho and this past week I spent several days photographing them again.

House Wrens – Nesting Behavior

By |2024-02-26T06:15:06-07:00June 4th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Clark County, House Wrens, Idaho, Targhee National Forest|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

For a few days now I said I was going to do a post about the House Wrens I photographed at the same nesting tree as the Williamson's Sapsuckers, here it is.

Some of the Birds I Love at Bear River National Wildlife Refuge

By |2024-03-22T09:18:28-06:00February 6th, 2013|Categories: American Avocets, American White Pelicans, Barn Owls, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Black-crowned Night Herons, Black-necked Stilts, Box Elder County, Duck hybrids, Eastern Kingbirds, Forster's Terns, Marsh Wrens, Snowy Egrets, Swainson's Hawks, Tundra Swans, Utah, Western Grebes, Western Kingbirds, Yellow-headed Blackbirds|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

One of my favorite locations to photograph birds in northern Utah is Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. I've selected some of the birds there that delight and entertain me while I observe and photograph them.

Marsh Wrens

By |2023-09-19T10:11:51-06:00January 8th, 2012|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Marsh Wrens, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

I photographed these male Marsh Wrens during breeding season when they were calling on their territories, while the male and female are alike in most aspects the exception is that only the males sing. And sing they do!

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