ML618455703

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

I initially heard a house wren singing, at the same location where Dave P. has found the birds for the past two years. Later, I heard a house wren singing at a different location. I looked around and spotted two house wrens near what was obviously a nest site. One was constantly moving back and forth between the nest and a spot hidden from my view, near the ground (apparently bringing nest material). It was not possible to get a photo of this bird, because I only saw brief glimpses as it flew to and from the nest. I remained a respectable distance from the nest which meant that, visually, I could tell only that this bird was a wren. A (presumably) second bird was moving around the area actively, singing off and on from various nearby perches, going to the nest only once. Due to the nearby vegetation, this bird was visible only sporadically, and usually for only a few seconds at a time. I was able to see the lighter, plainer coloring, and lack of a strong supercillium consistent with house wren but the ID was based primarily on the song. Photo is of the singing bird. Note: I never saw both birds simultanously but, since there was active nest building, and I kept seeing two distinct behaviors, it seemed reasonable to conclude that there were two birds. My count of 2 could be in error if there were two species of wren going to the same nest site, but that struck me as very improbable.

Technical information

Model

NIKON D850

Lens

TAMRON SP AF 150-600mm F5-6.3 VC USD A011N

ISO

1000

Focal length

600 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/6.3

Shutter speed

1/1250 sec

Dimensions

2001 pixels x 2048 pixels

Original file size

3.07 MB