Marsh Wren—MAWR

While I’ve seen Marsh Wrens at other locations, notably on the trail beside the golf course at Bayonne, the vast majority of my photos of these birds is from the boardwalk at Forsythe where they obligingly build their nests in plain view. I vividly recall the hour I spent on June 4th, 2016 watching a Marsh Wren close off the ends of its cylindrical nest.

More recently, at Conaskonk Point, I caught a brief look at a Marsh Wren that popped into view over a patch of reeds before disappearing into the grasses. I could hear the bird’s calls but didn’t see it again nor photograph it.