Mike and all, That is exactly where Mary Cay Burger and I saw our Pacific Wren on 10 Feb 2010 per my Avisys. I posted it at the time as probably pacificus. It was a dark rusty Winter Wren. We got many good, close binocular looks at him as he sang and flitted under the log and on top of it and 10 ft away. He wasn't shy, but he was very fast and liked to dip under the log, and I couldn't get a photo of him. We listened to the McCauley recordings of both Winter Wrens and it was unmistakably like pacificus. We asked Nathan if he would check it out if he had a chance. I don't think he was able to get down here. So, if it is the same bird, he might be around for a while.
Kay Kayleen A. Niyo, Ph.D. Niyo Scientific Communications Kay Niyo Photography k...@kayniyo.com www.KayNiyo.com ______________________________ 5651 Garnet Street Golden, CO 80403 Phone: (303) 679-6646 Fax: (866) 849-8013 -----Original Message----- From: cobirds@googlegroups.com [mailto:cobi...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of mike Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 8:11 PM To: cobirds@googlegroups.com Subject: [cobirds] Probable Pacific Wren - Wheat Ridge Greenbelt - Jeffco At Joe Roller's urging, I am updating our post from earlier this afternoon. Bob Andrews, Michael Kiessig, and myself found what we believe to be a Pacific Wren in the same area as a Winter Wren was reported last winter. In fact, where we saw today's bird was on and under the same log where I observed last year's bird. We are calling it a Pacific Wren because of the dark color and rapid higher pitched call notes. All three of us agreed we had a Pacific Wren, but because we had only brief glimpses as the bird moved quickly in mouselike fashion from the shrub to the top of the log to underneath the log and then disappeared, we can't be 100% certain it was a Pacific Wren. I'll bet $10 it was a Pacific Wren, but not $100. Directions: Enter the Wheat Ridge Greenbelt at Prospect Lake off W. 44th Ave. From the parking lot south of Prospect Lake, cross to the south side of Clear Creek at the bridge directly to the east. After you have crossed the bridge, start west on the trail. After a short ways leave the main trail and follow the trail along the chain link fence. The trail heads west and then turns south. You will cross a small footbridge spanning a small stream. After crossing the footbridge, keep your eyes and ears alert as the probable Pacific Wren was seen in the downed logs at the edge of the stream a short distance ahead. The exact spot is where the trail forks and there is a sign on the west fork indicating the trail is closed. Mike Henwood Morrison Jefferson County -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobi...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobi...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
