So there are two rock wrens on Whidbey right now. The one by Mutiny Bay was reported on Feb. 7 and I saw and photographed it on Feb. 8; and on Feb. 11, I saw one at Sunset Beach (West Beach, across from and south of Swantown Lake), at the same location where we saw and photographed one in November. As far as I've been able to find out, the previous record here was from 1995 when one apparently wintered near Deception Pass. They apparently like the rubble and driftwood at the base of high bluffs.

Carla Corin



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From: davearm at uw.edu
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:43:35 -0800
Subject: [Tweeters] rock wren whidbey

Today about 10AM I watched a rock wren working high tide drift wood areas along the north portion of high cliffs at Mutiny Bay. I've seen it there before and it seems a bit unusual as a location but no question that it's a rock wren. No easy public access that I can think of except through condominiums at the north end of the Mutiny Bay crescent, well south of Busch Point.
david armstrong