The grasslands are buzzing at this time of year and I am having a wonderful and challenging time photographing all the action with my new Canon 500mm IS lens. Two weeks ago I positioned myself at the side of a marsh in the Bechers Prairie grasslands, west of Williams Lake. I was trying to photograph an Eared Greebe, but my attention soon switched to a beautiful small Marsh Wren who was building its nest. It would carry reeds from the cattails to build the nest foundation and then gather the soft white fluff from the tops of the cattails to pad the inside of the nest. The nest is the shape of a football and they are extremely well camouflaged. Can you see it? They even build several so as to confuse their predators. These two images are to show the gathering of nest material and how difficult it is to find or even see these beautiful nests. In the Grassland Animals album you’ll see the ever-so-cheerful secretive and tiny Marsh Wren.
I didn't know that about Marsh Wrens. Thanks for sharing. Hard to believe how well they hide their nests.
Dagny
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Posted by: Dagny | August 11, 2008 at 02:44 PM