COBirders, There are for sure two different "winter wrens" at Fountain Creek Regional Park. I saw and photographed them both and they are noticeably different visually. Both were calling, the Winter Wren two-noted but the other bird gave 5-6 note calls, neither sounding to me like either a Song Sparrow or a "hoonko" chip. If someone wanted to try to tape record them, they called periodically on their own, no MP3s were used. One is a light throated individual and for sure a Winter Wren. The other individual is problematic in that it has some features described in Tony Leukering's Colorado Birds article about separation of the two species using visual clues. Kara Carragher (caracara?) and I had very good looks at both birds in addition to the previously reported Harris's Sparrow and Kara found the skulking Ovenbird near the concrete portion of the old sewer pond previously mentioned (Black Phoebe spot from a few years ago). Finding the Ovenbird is mostly a matter of luck as it is usually behind brush and always on the ground. We dipped on the Pine Warbler and couldn't find the 'Red Fox Sparrow', but the wrens and Harris's Sparrow all put on a good show.
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