Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris),
watercolor
About the illustration:
Commissioned by: Wisconsin Sea Grant,
University of WisconsinMadison
About marsh wrens:
Marsh wrens eat insects, spiders, and snails. Their habitat is cattail marshes. Male marsh wrens build dummy nests in addition to nests intended for use. According to Animal Diversity Web, "When a female approaches a male's territory he flies over to her and sings. If
she enters his territory the male will show her several nests he has
constructed, and if she chooses to mate with the male she may line a nest with
strips of grass, small stems, cattail downs, feathers and rootlets or she may
build an entirely new nest (Kroodsma and Verner 1997)." They are about 5 inches in length.
Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (having a spinal chord)
Class: Aves (birds)
Order: Passiformes (perching birds)
Family: Troglodytidae (wrens)
Genus: Cistothorus
Species: C. palustris
More about marsh wrens:
Wikipedia:
Marsh Wren
Cornell Lab of Ornithology: All About Birds: Marsh Wren
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