As I mentioned a few days ago, shooting singing Marsh Wrens at Arcata Marsh in Arcata California in April is relatively easy. The wrens are there. You have easy access to the trails beside the cattails where they sing. Not even the dull light of a misty-rainy day dampens their spirits when the males are establishing territory.

I have, pretty much, a year’s supply of wren shots! I like this one for the whole, unobscured, bird and the radical cock of the tail, as well as for the tip of the tongue showing. “See me! I sing loudest! Come be my mate!”

Canon SX40HS. Program with iContrast and –1/3EV exposure compensation.  1680mm equivalent field of view (840 optical plus 2x digital tel-extender). f5.8 @ 1/200th @ ISO 125. Processed in Lightroom for intensity, clarity, and sharpness.