Ben and Joy

This little Marsh Wren begged for its picture to be taken, striking different poses in a small wetland in Marion County, Illinois. Typicall...

Red-breasted Nuthatches were very common and friendly in the forest above 10,000 feet on Sunday morning. Several landed right next to me a...

A Northern Harrier watches the sunrise from his roost in the marsh. Greater Roadrunner on top of a bluff. Western Kingbirds were everyw...

The most vocal bird at the Cathedral Gorge State Park was the Rock Wren. There were multiple pairs, and they seemed to be singing wherever ...

Carolina Wrens are one of my favorite winter residents. They are right up there with Chickadees and Nuthatches for me. Part of their attra...

The clouds reflecting off an open pool in the marsh. As long as I have a compass, or some other reference point, I love to plunge into marsh...

You do have to hand it to House Wren's, they do have an uplifting song. I was being severely scolded when this picture was being taken.

It was fun to see numerous sedge wrens while monitoring a wetland in Lake Station, Indiana. They would creep up pretty close while we were ...