Winter Wren

It has been a very strange feeling day weather wise.  While it has reached 77 it has felt a bit cool with the steady breeze.  Still, you can't complain particularly this time of year.  The morning started off very gray and a bit misty.  I only went out for only a bit with the warm temps were just too good to pass on.  I got a killer shot of a Red-tailed Hawk going after something but the high ISO made for a very speckled looking shot.  Oh well.

I saw my first Winter Wren for the season.  Funny that I was just thinking to myself a few days ago that I had not yet seen one this year.

The cooking marathon will begin tomorrow for our extended family get together on Christmas Eve.  The weather is going to be quite messy tomorrow so a good day to have something to do inside.

Winter Wren

Late this afternoon I went to set the trail camera out in hopes of catching the beavers at work over the next two nights.  They have been working on a new dam over the last two weeks.  As I was studying the area trying to figure out the best way to set up the camera and have it protected, I noticed a little wren going in and out of the branches on the dam.








At first I thought it was probably a Marsh Wren considering the area but it turned out to be a Winter Wren.  Quite a few more markings than our normal Carolina Wren which are in abundance.