Each year starting in mid-April and continuing until mid-June, House Wrens (Troglodytes aedon) build nests and raise their young in my yard's nestboxes. They are as much a harbinger of Spring in my neck of the woods as any other bird. This year, it seems like every available nestbox was occupied by a growing family of house wren chicks. The parents loudly scold any intruder who happens to get anywhere near their nests, and produce quite a racket from dawn to dusk until their chicks leave the nest.
A few weekends ago in the late afternoon, I set down with my 70-200, 1.4x extender and 12mm extension tube to captured a few images of these birds. This setup (regrettably) was a bit too much to hand-hold even though the lens has a very apt image stabilization system. Please pardon the blur. Nonetheless, here are three photos that capture one of the house wrens keeping up with family chores. (Since then, all chicks have fledged and the cycle is starting anew.)
I hope you like these photos. Feel free to comment.
Bob
