ML48441881

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

We saw the bird flying just above some shorter vegetation and then it dove into a cluster of taller cover (see photo) that was about half-way between us and the water. We saw it in profile and it appeared darker brown than the light-colored vegetation. It had a pointed bill, plump body of a wren, and relatively short tail. It was decidedly smaller than the Swamp Sparrows we’d been seeing and closer in size to the Winter Wren we saw and heard earlier (in different habitat). As it landed, it gave 4 or 5 call notes, which sounded just like the notes at the start of a Sedge Wren song. We tried pishing and playing the Sedge Wren and Marsh Wren songs, but it did not respond. We waited there for five minutes and nothing happened. Because of our close proximity and the limited band of habitat, we would have seen the bird if it had flown away. So we walked into the spot where it had landed, trying to flush it for another look. That was unsuccessful. The wren had vanished, evidently running on the ground beneath the overhead vegetation.

Technical information

Model

Canon PowerShot SX50 HS

ISO

80

Focal length

6.8 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/4.0

Shutter speed

1/1000 sec

Dimensions

2668 pixels x 2000 pixels

Original file size

3.77 MB