A Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) after a bath. A winter resident. Tiny. Much smaller than a Carolina Wren, weighing in at .3 to .4 ounce. Their favorite foods are insects and arthropods, and eat berries such as Juniper berries during the winter.

They’re full of energy as they search through dense underbrush looking for a meal. I find The Cornell Lab’s description of them to be amusing -“These energetic birds often bob their entire bodies as if doing squats while they nervously look around in the forest understory.”

So glad they come to spend the winter here.

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