All of these pictures were taken in the forested section of the auto tour at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.
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Little Brown Birds
It took me a while to warm up to the little brown birds in general and house wrens in particular. But this spring I had a few nice encounters with house wrens and now I'm hooked. This wren gave me a spectacular view of its long tail feathers when it flew onto a rotten tree branch to preen.
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Built-in Porch
An oak gall provides a natural perch for a house wren as it carries debris out of its nest. While the wren's little beak is fine for excavating debris, it's not much use at excavating the cavity itself. Like many forest residents, this house wren used a pre-existing cavity drilled by woodpeckers. I took many pictures but most came out blurry thanks to the frenetic pace with which the little bird hurled the debris from its new home.
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