{"id":138911,"date":"2025-01-21T03:35:25","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T09:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=138911"},"modified":"2025-01-21T03:36:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T09:36:04","slug":"carolina-wrens-in-snowy-and-foggy-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2025\/01\/21\/carolina-wrens-in-snowy-and-foggy-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"Carolina Wrens In Snowy And Foggy Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the recent snowstorm in Arkansas, I was happy to have Carolina Wrens in my viewfinder, despite the snowy and foggy weather conditions. I was more than delighted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-138904 size-full\" title=\"Snowy Carolina Wren in Arkansas\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/carolina-wren-snowy-mia-mcpherson-9094.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/carolina-wren-snowy-mia-mcpherson-9094.jpg\" alt=\"Snowy Carolina Wren in Arkansas, Sebastian County, Arkansas\" 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\/2025\/01\/carolina-wren-snowy-mia-mcpherson-9094-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/carolina-wren-snowy-mia-mcpherson-9094-250x179.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/carolina-wren-snowy-mia-mcpherson-9094-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/carolina-wren-snowy-mia-mcpherson-9094-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/carolina-wren-snowy-mia-mcpherson-9094-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/carolina-wren-snowy-mia-mcpherson-9094-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/carolina-wren-snowy-mia-mcpherson-9094-800x572.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/carolina-wren-snowy-mia-mcpherson-9094.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Snowy Carolina Wren in Arkansas \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f7.1, 1\/1000, ISO 1000, +2.3 EV, Canon EF 100-400mm II at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Carolina Wrens fed on suet and nuts as snow fell over two days. At times, they flew and landed just inches from me, while chattering away.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m thoroughly enjoying seeing, <a href=\"https:\/\/xeno-canto.org\/796710\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">hearing<\/span><\/a>, and photographing these active, entertaining wrens. I missed them during my years out west.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-138905 size-full\" title=\"Carolina Wren on a snowy foggy morning\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/carolina-wren-snowy-mia-mcpherson-9971.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/carolina-wren-snowy-mia-mcpherson-9971.jpg\" alt=\"Carolina Wren on a snowy foggy morning, Sebastian County, Arkansas\" 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\/2025\/01\/carolina-wren-snowy-mia-mcpherson-9971-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/carolina-wren-snowy-mia-mcpherson-9971-250x179.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/carolina-wren-snowy-mia-mcpherson-9971-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/carolina-wren-snowy-mia-mcpherson-9971-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/carolina-wren-snowy-mia-mcpherson-9971-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/carolina-wren-snowy-mia-mcpherson-9971-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/carolina-wren-snowy-mia-mcpherson-9971-800x572.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/carolina-wren-snowy-mia-mcpherson-9971.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Carolina Wren on a snowy foggy morning \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f7.1, 1\/1000, ISO 1000, +2.3 EV, Canon EF 100-400mm II at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I took quite a few images of the Carolina Wrens in the snow, and I don\u2019t regret it at all. Heavy snowfall isn\u2019t all that common here in Arkansas, so I wanted to take full advantage of the recent snowstorm while I could. The wrens cooperated, and I was one happy woman, for sure.<\/p>\n<p>Life <em>is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/carolina-wren-images\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a> to view more of my Carolina Wren photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the recent snowstorm in Arkansas, I was happy to have Carolina Wrens in my viewfinder, despite the snowy and foggy weather conditions. I was more than delighted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":138904,"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":[13950,14790,13951],"tags":[4004,14792,1996,13981,4175,3984,13931,4050,4509,4899,4328,15824,14794,373,5802,3822,13966],"class_list":["post-138911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arkansas","category-carolina-wrens","category-sebastian-county","tag-adult","tag-carolina-wren","tag-driftwood","tag-feeder","tag-fog","tag-foggy","tag-garden","tag-snow","tag-snow-storm","tag-snowstorm","tag-snowy","tag-suburban","tag-thryothorus-ludovicianus","tag-winter","tag-wren","tag-wrens","tag-yard"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/carolina-wren-snowy-mia-mcpherson-9094.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-A8v","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":135063,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/09\/28\/low-light-carolina-wren-images\/","url_meta":{"origin":138911,"position":0},"title":"Low Light Carolina Wren Images","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"September 28, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"I don't always have the best light to photograph birds in\u2014that's simply a fact. 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They have just been too skittish.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Arkansas&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Arkansas","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/arkansas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Adult Carolina Wren in Arkansas, Sebastian County","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/carolina-wren-adult-arkansas-mia-mcpherson-3425.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/carolina-wren-adult-arkansas-mia-mcpherson-3425.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/carolina-wren-adult-arkansas-mia-mcpherson-3425.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/carolina-wren-adult-arkansas-mia-mcpherson-3425.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":140309,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2025\/02\/19\/winter-carolina-wren-memorable-moment\/","url_meta":{"origin":138911,"position":5},"title":"Winter Carolina Wren Memorable Moment","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"February 19, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"During a mixed ice-and-snow storm yesterday afternoon, I had a memorable moment with a Carolina Wren, one I'll probably think about for the rest of my life.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Arkansas&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Arkansas","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/arkansas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Winter Carolina Wren on a rock, Sebastian County, Arkansas","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/carolina-wren-winter-adult-mia-mcpherson-1421.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/carolina-wren-winter-adult-mia-mcpherson-1421.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/carolina-wren-winter-adult-mia-mcpherson-1421.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/carolina-wren-winter-adult-mia-mcpherson-1421.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}