{"id":103730,"date":"2022-06-30T04:06:34","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T10:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=103730"},"modified":"2022-06-30T04:22:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T10:22:03","slug":"house-wren-with-insect-prey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/06\/30\/house-wren-with-insect-prey\/","title":{"rendered":"House Wren With Insect Prey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-103723 size-full\" title=\"House Wren with insect prey for its young\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/house-wren-with-insect-prey-mia-mcpherson-2240.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/house-wren-with-insect-prey-mia-mcpherson-2240.jpg\" alt=\"House Wren with insect prey for its young, Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/house-wren-with-insect-prey-mia-mcpherson-2240-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/house-wren-with-insect-prey-mia-mcpherson-2240-250x179.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/house-wren-with-insect-prey-mia-mcpherson-2240-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/house-wren-with-insect-prey-mia-mcpherson-2240-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/house-wren-with-insect-prey-mia-mcpherson-2240-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/house-wren-with-insect-prey-mia-mcpherson-2240-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/house-wren-with-insect-prey-mia-mcpherson-2240-800x572.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/house-wren-with-insect-prey-mia-mcpherson-2240.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">House Wren with insect prey for its young \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/800, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Four days ago I stopped briefly where I knew that there was a House Wren nest and was delighted to see an adult with insect prey for its young in its bill.<\/p>\n<p>Last year this <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/House_wren\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">House Wren<\/span><\/a> nest failed. It probably failed due to extreme high heat because the nest is in a rusted metal pipe. I would love to see this nest succeed this year.<\/p>\n<p>Even though I was not right up on the nest I knew my presence could delay the adult from entering the nest. I don&#8217;t like to interfere with the natural behavior of birds when I am in the field and avoid doing that as much as I can. It is the ethical thing to do.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-103724 size-full\" title=\"House Wren with insect prey for its nestlings\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/house-wren-with-insect-prey-mia-mcpherson-2253.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/house-wren-with-insect-prey-mia-mcpherson-2253.jpg\" alt=\"House Wren with insect prey for its nestlings, Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/house-wren-with-insect-prey-mia-mcpherson-2253-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/house-wren-with-insect-prey-mia-mcpherson-2253-250x179.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/house-wren-with-insect-prey-mia-mcpherson-2253-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/house-wren-with-insect-prey-mia-mcpherson-2253-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/house-wren-with-insect-prey-mia-mcpherson-2253-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/house-wren-with-insect-prey-mia-mcpherson-2253-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/house-wren-with-insect-prey-mia-mcpherson-2253-800x572.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/house-wren-with-insect-prey-mia-mcpherson-2253.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">House Wren with insect prey for its nestlings \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/800, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When the House Wren flew from one branch to another I decided it was time to leave the wren in peace to take the insect to the hungry mouths in the nest.<\/p>\n<p>The photos I take are never as important as the well being of my subjects.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ethics on photographing nesting birds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do not approach too closely;<\/li>\n<li>If the birds show any sign of distress, back away;<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t trim leaves, twigs or branches to get a clearer shot, you may inadvertently cause the eggs or chicks to over heat;<\/li>\n<li>Follow local, state and federal guidelines concerning nesting birds;<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t harass the birds to get an action shot;<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t stay a long time with nesting birds or chicks, that can disrupt their normal behavior;<\/li>\n<li>Always remember that your scent may draw predators to the area of nesting birds or birds with chicks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Life <em>is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/house-wren-images\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my House Wren photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four days ago I stopped briefly where I knew that there was a House Wren nest and was delighted to see an adult with insect prey for its young in its bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,2586,1731,26,2607],"tags":[4004,5552,4897,6577,3940,711,7801,4069,947,9426,2587,4104,4106,2315,2585,5802,3822,4193],"class_list":["post-103730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-house-wrens","category-summit-county-utah","category-utah","category-wasatch-county","tag-adult","tag-bill","tag-branch","tag-branches","tag-canyon","tag-ethics","tag-insect","tag-mountains","tag-nesting-birds","tag-nestlings","tag-house-wren","tag-perched","tag-prey","tag-summer-3","tag-troglodytes-aedon","tag-wren","tag-wrens","tag-young"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/house-wren-with-insect-prey-mia-mcpherson-2240.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-qZ4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":90669,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2021\/06\/22\/nesting-house-wren-photos\/","url_meta":{"origin":103730,"position":0},"title":"Nesting 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Feather","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 24, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"After taking photos of Cliff Swallows gathering nesting materials two days ago I took more House Wren photos of the nesting pair I found in the Wasatch Mountains.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Birds&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Adult House Wren with a feather for the nest, Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/house-wren-adult-nesting-feather-mia-mcpherson-6744.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/house-wren-adult-nesting-feather-mia-mcpherson-6744.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, 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2018","format":false,"excerpt":"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.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Nesting Birds&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Nesting Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/wildlife-ethics\/nesting-birds\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"House Wren with a yellow feather at its nest, Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Summit County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/house-wren-feather-mia-mcpherson-3933.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/house-wren-feather-mia-mcpherson-3933.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, 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