House Wren Quadtych

Gallery: AvianPosted July 8, 2013116 views7 comments

I set up a blind near a wren's nest to see what kind of shots I could get. I could see the adults go into a hole, but never actually saw the young birds.

The variety and size of the insects fed to the young was amazing. The nasty looking yellow caterpiller-thing actually made it halfway back out of the hole, but an adult bird returned and returned it to the babies.

All in all, not an appetizing selection.

D300; 200-400 @ 400; f11 @1/160th; ISO 400; each shot approx. 80% FF.

All comments and suggestions most welcome.

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 8, 2013 at 11:51 PM

Looks delicious, Tom. An excellent set of images. Looks like they had a favorite stopping place or two before they went into the nest.

Well done.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 9, 2013 at 12:08 AM

this is excellent! what a variety of goodies for the little ones!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Derrick Lipinski on July 9, 2013 at 3:44 AM

Quite a smorgasbord, Tom. A great set; nicely done!

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Comment posted by Douglas Graham on July 9, 2013 at 6:24 AM

Love this and love this bird.

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Comment posted by Claude Dagenais on July 9, 2013 at 7:15 AM

Nice composite, Tom. Well thought out and captured. Looks like a restaurant menu for wrens.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 9, 2013 at 9:20 PM

Very cool to see all different forms of meals in a single frame Tom. Nice composite.

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Comment posted by May Haga on July 10, 2013 at 12:23 PM

Interesting series of images Tom. Love the prey, especially the yellow caterpillar.
May

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