Subject: [Tweeters] Fun Winter Wren in Phinney Ridge local patch
Date: Thu Feb 25 18:40:20 PST 2021
From: BRAD Liljequist - bradliljequist at msn.com

Oh my, that's embarrassing. I guess it's time to start using the newer Sibley's (still prefer the ergonomy of the old). But hey - why check the guide when you grew up with it?

I had no clue about the split. Once a Winter Wren, always a Winter Wren - as you say that's what I grew up with!

Brad Liljequist
Phinney Ridge, Seattle
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From: THOMAS BENEDICT <benedict.t at comcast.net>
Sent: Friday, February 26, 2021 1:04 AM
To: BRAD Liljequist <bradliljequist at msn.com>; tweeters at u.washington.edu <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Fun Winter Wren in Phinney Ridge local patch

Is this truly a Winter Wren ( Troglodytes hiemalis) or a Pacific Wren ( Troglodytes pacificus)?

I grew up with Winter Wrens around the Seattle area, but they turned in to Pacifics in the split of 2010. I have read of at least one confirmed sighting of Troglodytes hiemalis in the Pacific Northwest, identified by song, recently.

Tom Benedict
Seahurst, WA
On 02/25/2021 2:20 PM BRAD Liljequist <bradliljequist at msn.com> wrote:


Winter Wrens in the city are always a treat, and one has been showing up occasionally on a nice little birdy local patch - the p patch on 60th Street NW between 2nd and 3rd. It was doing its full on song today, and was there earlier in the week too, and there was one there a couple months ago. For any Phinney/Ballard folks, this little patch is always a little birdy - today, scrub jays, butterbutts, siskins along with usual suspects...

Brad Liljequist
Phinney Ridge, Seattle
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