wren – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

House Wrens – Nesting Behavior

By Mia McPherson|June 4th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Clark County, House Wrens, Idaho, Targhee National Forest|Tags: adult, aspen, branch, break, cavity nesters, chattering, head, House Wren, nesting, nesting behavior, nesting cavity, nesting material, nesting tree, perched, poking, Populus tremuloides, Quaking Aspen, secondary cavity nesters, singing, stump, Troglodytes aedon, wren, wrens|

For a few days now I said I was going to do a post about the House Wrens I photographed at the same nesting tree as the Williamson's Sapsuckers, here it is.

Some of the Birds I Love at Bear River National Wildlife Refuge

By Mia McPherson|February 6th, 2013|Categories: American Avocets, American Barn Owls, American White Pelicans, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Black-crowned Night Herons, Black-necked Stilts, Box Elder County, Duck hybrids, Eastern Kingbirds, Forster's Terns, Marsh Wrens, Snowy Egrets, Swainson's Hawks, Tundra Swans, Utah, Western Grebes, Western Kingbirds, Yellow-headed Blackbirds|Tags: American Avocet, American Barn Owl, American White Pelican, avocet, avocets, birds of prey, Black-crowned Night Heron, Black-necked Stilt, blackbird, blackbirds, Cinnamon x Green-winged Teal hybrid, Eastern Kingbird, Forster's Tern, grebes, hawk, hawks, hybrid, hybrids, Marsh Wren, night heron, night herons, pelican, pelicans, raptors, Snowy Egret, stilt, stilts, Swainson's Hawk, swans, tern, terns, Tundra Swan, Western Grebe, Western Kingbird, wren, wrens, Yellow-headed Blackbird|

One of my favorite locations to photograph birds in northern Utah is Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. I've selected some of the birds there that delight and entertain me while I observe and photograph them.

Marsh Wrens

By Mia McPherson|January 8th, 2012|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Marsh Wrens, Utah|Tags: adult, breeding season, calling, cattails, Cistothorus palustris, males, marsh, Marsh Wren, singing, wren, wrens|

I photographed these male Marsh Wrens during breeding season when they were calling on their territories, while the male and female are alike in most aspects the exception is that only the males sing. And sing they do!