Here’s a first for me, a Carolina Wren nest site in the woods!
Of course I’ve seen these tiny birds many times over the years, I’ve even got a pair that nests under my front porch but this bird is tending to her nest in a tree stump. I’d never found a Wren nest in the woods before.
I spotted her last weekend during a trip to the Rolling View Campground at the Falls Lake State Park in Durham, N.C.
Carolina Wrens are known for nesting in unusual places near people such as bags, boxes, flower pots, hanging hats, door wreaths, and even in forgotten shoes. As with the case of the pair at my house, they also like to nest under porches and beneath the eves of roofs. Both the male and female participate in the building of their nests, which is distinctively shaped like a dome with a side tunnel entrance.
By the way, it’s important to give any bird family wide berth when photographing a nesting site. Disturbing them may result in nests being abandoned which no birder would want on their conscience.
I was about 25 feet away (shooting with a zoom lens) from this little bird when I snapped these shots.
The image quality of my Canon 5DS is truly remarkable. Even at such severe crop ratios, there is hardly any loss of photo quality which is just incredible.
The Canon 5DS is a full frame 50 megapixel beast and is an indispensable tool in my bird photography arsenal. This kind of technology allows me to capture up close photos of the birds without stressing them out by altering their natural behavior in the wild.
I never leave home (to go birding) without it 😉
Photos by @sally_siko of @birdwatching_nc on the fabulous full frame SLR, the @canonusa
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