Hi all - Today Jeff and I hiked to Bluebird Lake in RMNP. We passed by Calypso Cascades, the location of the Stub-tailed Wren (STWR) as reported by Steve Mlodinow approximately 10 days ago and heard it singing at about 7am this morning. I had a brief glimpse - not enough to give me many details on the bird beyond it being a STWR, but managed to capture audio before the bird went silent and disappeared.
Not holding out much hope as we returned from our trek in the afternoon, I listened carefully as I crossed the bridge at the cascades and turned downhill. Almost immediately, I could hear the STWR singing intermittently close to the trail. I gathered more audio and managed to capture some adequate pictures with our 135mm lens. Once home, I cleaned up the audio (noise reduction and amplification) and attached the audio and a couple of pictures to my two eBird reports below: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30536132 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30536450 Initial feedback seems to support Pacific Wren which was found in the same location last year. I would welcome feedback from our state's audio experts (Nathan, Ted, Tony, Steve, etc). I can attest that after examining pictures of Winter Wren from the east coast and comparing them with Pacific Wren pictures from the west coast, that photographic evidence is not enough to separate these species alone. As a warning to any interested chasers, this bird is sketchy at best. I hiked past Calypso Cascades on June 22nd and stopped to listen (in both directions) as I wondered if last year's PAWR might return. Nothing. I believe Steve heard the bird on the 24th. This past Tuesday, I hiked with my brother and nephew to Ouzel Falls and stopped to listen again, in both directions. Nothing. Good birding, Kathy Mihm Dunning Denver -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADLK-O%2BoKA-A7WB_4N%2BM5h0bBeHCQdHnBP8y%3DLJwaoaOYHKwyg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
