Marsh Wren

This Marsh Wren greeted Erika and me at the Nisqually national wildlife refuge on 22 March 2021. Marsh Wrens, with their amazing song repertoires, seem like delightful birds. On the other hand, these birds have a disturbing habit of destroying eggs. Both males and females often peck and break any egg of any species—other birds' and Marsh Wrens' alike—they encounter (Kroodsma and Verner 2020).