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観察結果の詳細

I staked out a portion of Hog Island Gut where I've found Marsh Wrens/nests before. The rest of the area was pretty tame/quiet. A little after 9 a.m. I heard one give a couple of calls. By about 9:30, as periods of more sunlight broke through, it became more verbally active. It was working on building a nest in the same area I've seen them over the past years. I've actually included a photo of a second nest (the nest that looks more "square") which is roughly 20 feet from the other nest. This nest, however, wasn't receiving any attention. I watched the first nest being manicured and added to by this first Marsh Wren. Its activities included various vocal flights on its peninsula that it was occupying including landing in the area around the second nest. It never went in it nor paid it any attention. I saw it return to the first nest about 15 times. Both of these nests are just inset in the reeds just a few feet from the edge of the water line. I don't believe the second nest is from a past season as it looks to have some "fresh" vegetation on it. Additionally, this first Marsh Wren was very vocal and active. I could hear another Marsh Wren that would sing from about 50-100 yards away, further north in the reeds and across from this first Marsh Wren's "peninsula". It was not calling as frequently and I didn't believe it was as strongly calling but this may have been due to the distance as muffling the call a bit. They didn't seem to be competing for the vocal airwaves as calls weren't immediately counter called. I never did see the second Marsh Wren and the tide was too low, at the time, to try to venture further to find it. I think it may be possible to see an airborne Marsh Wren from the start of the board walk that is at the southern end. If facing out across the water, in line with how the boardwalk points, I think the visual zone would be between the clump of trees that are just across the water (from the boardwalk) that is at the beginning of the reeds. To the left, of the clump trees, is a white pole sticking out of the water and the remnants of some manmade wood structure. These are the left and right "goalposts" from which to focus one's view (at least that is my best guesstimate). You would then look roughly halfway between the boardwalk and the far tree line that aligns GW Parkway as the depth. Photos TBA