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This photo was snapped during a Christmas bird count so was just a fortuitous shot. Bewick's Wrens do tend to skulk a fair bit in the shadows, moving their tail a lot, and that tail movement is evident in this photo. |
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This photo was snapped during a Christmas bird count so was just a fortuitous shot. Bewick's Wrens do tend to skulk a fair bit in the shadows, moving their tail a lot, and that tail movement is evident in this photo. |
The BEWICK'S WREN is a common resident of chaparral and various scrub habitats throughout much of California, including riparian in Central Valley and along the coast, and pinyon-juniper scrub in eastern mountains. There is some movement downslope or away from colder areas in winter, but long-distance vagrants are rare. All my California records are of birds in standard (usually resident) locales. It is very common in Monterey Co. riparian scrub and chaparral.
My "lifer" Bewick's Wren was:
12/25/65 Anderson Marsh LAKSee the family page for county abbreviations. All photos & text © 2002 Don Roberson; all rights reserved.