An Eastern Winter Wren (my opinion based on its song) is still present near the trail (known as the "tree bridge trail") that starts at the northwest corner of the fenced area of private land that you see to the south just after you cross the bridge from the parking lot at Prospect Park. The wood chip-covered trail heads ~SW, becomes a boardwalk and eventually goes up the hill to the south. Today from 2:30 to 2:45 pm the wren was loudly singing in the bushes south of the boardwalk part of the trail about 25 yards past the "Restoration area" sign. At one point I wondered how it could sing so long without taking a breath (much more than a minute)! I base my identification from a lot of experience during at least 15 summers with the Eastern Winter Wren in northern Minnesota and Canada. The Eastern Winter Wren's song has a much more musical quality (fewer trills) and tends to last longer (although this is not a solid identification guide). On Internet sites where you can play both wren songs, the Pacific Winter Wren songs have many more trills interspersed with the bubbly, musical song.
A Ruby-crowned Kinglet was just north of the trail in the same location and responded quite vehemently to my soft pishing. The wren did not. Paula Hansley Louisville -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds". To post to this group, send email to cobirds@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?hl=en Visit the CFO Website at: www.cfo-link.org
