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<\/a><\/p>\nHow Does a Winter Wren Feed When There\u2019s Snow on the Ground?<\/h2>\n
I can\u2019t speak for every wren, but this particular Winter Wren was searching the lower bark of every twig on every shrub, sapling and tree along the edge of the marina lagoon.<\/p>\n This spot was sheltered and warmed by the sun. Presumably that helped the Wren cope with the cold temperatures but it may also have been warming up some insects. If so, and they stirred, it would make them easier for this hungry hunter to find them. I did see a few midges so it\u2019s possible the wren was also gleaning them from their perches in the sunshine.<\/p>\n The Winter Wren I watched at Lasalle Marina in Burlington<\/strong><\/a> had used a different strategy: That bird had been checking every bit of exposed ground under the large boulders along the path and at the bases of the larger trees. The area it was working through also faced the sunshine, though, so it had that in common.<\/p>\n I spent over half an hour watching the Winter Wren at Sam Smith.<\/p>\n As an unexpected bonus, I also found an early (or very late) Ruby-crowned Kinglet and several amusing American Tree Sparrows. One good bird often leads to another!<\/p>\n Related Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n Join In<\/strong><\/p>\n Do you find these golfball-sized puffs of feathers fun to watch? Please share your views with a comment.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In March 2016, I watched this tiny mighty wren hunting hurriedly. I wonder if I’ll see another one this year? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[105,122,639],"class_list":["post-5546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-focus","tag-colonel-sam-smith-park","tag-toronto","tag-winter-wren"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5546"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5553,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5546\/revisions\/5553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nMost birds prefer to turn their backs on me.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/a>Winter Wrens have very small tails and when puffed up look almost round.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>This Ruby-crowned Kinglet didn’t seem to mind exploring tight spaces as it hunted for insects.<\/em><\/p>\n\n