Winter Wren

Troglodytes hiemalis

✨ Shiny — winter rarity
Winter only — roughly November through March✨ Shiny — winter rarity

The take

A mouse-sized ball of brown with its tail straight up, hiding in the creekside root tangles.

How to ID it

  • Plump round ball of a bird with a stubby tail held straight up
  • Brown overall with dark barring on wings, tail, and belly
  • Bobs its whole body and scampers mouse-like through understory tangles

Field marks at a glance

Size
tiny
Head
plain brown cap with pale tan eyebrow
Call
sharp double chimp-chimp

Where & when

Winter only — roughly November through March

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