Carolina Wrens (Thryothorus ludovicianus) are one of the birds that I hear a lot more often than I see. Most of the time these little birds are flitting about in the vegetation and leaf litter near the ground and and I am lucky to get a glimpse of one of them.
On Thursday at Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, a handsome Carolina Wren hopped up on a branch right in front of me and perched for a moment. I was thrilled to capture this little portrait of the wren that shows the beautiful markings on its wings and its distinctive white eye stripe.
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They make me smile!!
I really like seeing all of those details. It’s a delightful little bird. I will need to listen to a recording of its call.
Good catch. Ellen struggled for years to get a good shot.
Beautiful! What a great shot! I love the detail and colors of the bird against the pale sky.
Nicely photographed, Mike!
I have been surprised more than once to discover an unidentified song in the spring forest is coming from a Carolina Wren. They apparently have been know to have more than a dozen distinct songs and calls.
They are so cute! We call the one that comes to our feeders διαβολάκι (little devil).
Little devil! 🙂
Nice, they really are quite beautiful! With such a loud song to alert us it is amazing we can’t get good views of them more often.