Marsh Wren

Robert Havell after John James Audubon

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a large nest made of woven grass and twigs, with three marsh wrens perched around it. The birds have brown feathers with white and black markings. The color palette consists of natural earth tones, primarily browns and greens, accented by light touches of white. The nest is centrally positioned, one bird perches on a thin branch extending from the top left, another bird sits directly on the nest to the right, and the third wren hangs below the nest on the left.