Hi Everyone—
This morning 1/11 I walked the east end of the Bluff Trail multiple times. Around 9 I heard what sounded like a Winter Wren, but when I got on it, it looked like a Pacific. There was much head scratching. Now that I’m home, I listened to calls of Winter and Pacific Wrens on xeno-canto. There is a nice recording of a Pacific Wren sounding exactly like what I heard (XC154521). The recording was made in California, and interestingly enough, there is a normal-sounding Pacific Wren calling in the background. So it seems that Pacific Wrens do occasionally call with musical Song Sparrow notes instead of the usual Wilson’s Warbler notes. For comparison, I also listened to Eurasian Wren call notes. Eurasian Wren calls are in between Pacific and Winter Wrens, and the farther east you go, the more resemblance there is to Pacific Wren call notes. Aside from the wren, there wasn’t much going on, but I was happy to see a Western Screech-Owl sleeping at the lip of his usual cavity until at least noon.
I walked up the Tunnel Drive Trail while I was in town. Looking down from the west side of the first tunnel, I was able to find a Rufous-crowned Sparrow. I heard a Rock Wren here, but didn’t see it. I had great views looking down on a Canyon Wren from the west side of the second tunnel. I was not able to find the Williamson’s Sapsucker at Centennial Park.
On the way out, I stopped at Pueblo Reservoir. An adult Great Black-backed Gull was on the tires at the South Marina (there were hardly any other gulls, so he really stood out), and 3 Common Loons were off N-1 Cove. I didn’t see a Red-throated Loon or any of the interesting ducks that have been reported of late.
Mark Miller
Longmont, CO
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