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Marsh Wren

Cistothorus palustris

Small brown wren with loud bubbly song. Nests in marsh reeds; hunts insects among native cattails and rushes in Bay Area wetlands.

Plants that support Marsh Wren

1 plants

Common Rush

Juncus patens

critical

grass

Primary nesting material March-July; constructs woven cup nests within emergent vegetation

Bay Area native