Marsh Wren
Cistothorus palustris

f7.1 @ 1/640s, ISO:649, Nikon D300 w 500mm

"Marsh Wren," Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.The marsh wren is a small North American songbird of the wren family. Adults have brown upperparts with a light brown belly and flanks and a white throat and breast. The back is black with white stripes. They have a dark cap with a white line over the eyes and a short thin bill. The male's song is a loud gurgle used to declare ownership of territory; western males have a more varied repertoire. This little bird is native to Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Their breeding habitat is marshes with tall vegetation such as cattails across North America.

Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

06/28/2012