Subject: Re: Winter Wren migration?
Date: Oct 9 18:32:15 1997
From: Michael Price - mprice at mindlink.bc.ca


Hi Tweets,

Riesen Reto writes:

>I barely got outside, and noticed the first Winter Wren in some ivy on
>the ground. Unusual place, in front of the busy campus library. In a
>patch of 5x5metres, 4 Winter Wrens were scurrying around. The 'Birds of
>B.C.' mentions that the southbound migration of Winter Wrens is masked
>around Vancouver by the local population; still, odd place, odd number.

You bet there's a Winter Wren migration here and the first local places to
look for it aren't the first places to jump to mind: the rocks of the Iona
and other jetties.

After that, wait for the first cold nights in the central and northern parts
of the province and next morning check out the 'tsk-tsk' call-notes that
come from seemingly every privet hedge and shrub.

Michael Price We aren't flying...we're falling with style!
Vancouver BC Canada -Buzz Lightyear, Toy Story
mprice at mindlink.net