Larch Creek Birds

What the birds (and frogs) are saying at a creek in western Washington
Plate 8
Bewick's Wren
Chester A. Reed, Bird Guide, 1906
Bird

Bewick's Wren

Thryomanes bewickii
Wrens (Troglodytidae)
Year-round resident. Expected at the creek in every month.
Field marks
A slim brown wren with a long, white-edged tail it waves from side to side like a conductor, and a bold white eyebrow.
Male & female
Alike.
Voice
A bright, varied song of buzzes and trills a bit like a Song Sparrow's, and a harsh scolding 'jeer'. Sings in every month of the year.
Diet
Insects and spiders gleaned from bark, brush and the ground.
Habitat
Brushy thickets, blackberry, forest edges, gardens: abundant around Puget Sound.
Nesting
In any cavity it can find: a box, a woodpecker hole, a coffee can, a coat pocket left on a line; 5–7 eggs.
Size
5 in long, about a third of an ounce: a tablespoon of sugar, singing in every month of the year.

Nearly gone from east of the Mississippi but thriving in the West; one of the most common wrens around Puget Sound.

Season how expected it is here, week by week

50%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecheard at the creektoday
Fig. 1. BirdNET's range model for this location: the chance this species is present in each week of the year. Orange ticks mark weeks it has actually been heard at the creek; the dashed line is today.

At the creek 21 calls on 4 days, first Oct 28, last Oct 31

61100:00 — 0 calls001:00 — 0 calls02:00 — 0 calls03:00 — 0 calls304:00 — 0 calls05:00 — 0 calls06:00 — 0 calls607:00 — 0 calls08:00 — 1 calls09:00 — 7 calls910:00 — 0 calls11:00 — 0 calls12:00 — 0 calls1213:00 — 0 calls14:00 — 0 calls15:00 — 0 calls1516:00 — 11 calls17:00 — 2 calls18:00 — 0 calls1819:00 — 0 calls20:00 — 0 calls21:00 — 0 calls2122:00 — 0 calls23:00 — 0 callssunrisesunset
Fig. 2. When it calls: all detections by hour of day (today's sunrise and sunset shown).
510Oct 2 — 0 callsOct 3 — 0 callsOct 3Oct 4 — 0 callsOct 5 — 0 callsOct 6 — 0 callsOct 7 — 0 callsOct 8 — 0 callsOct 9 — 0 callsOct 10 — 0 callsOct 10Oct 11 — 0 callsOct 12 — 0 callsOct 13 — 0 callsOct 14 — 0 callsOct 15 — 0 callsOct 16 — 0 callsOct 17 — 0 callsOct 17Oct 18 — 0 callsOct 19 — 0 callsOct 20 — 0 callsOct 21 — 0 callsOct 22 — 0 callsOct 23 — 0 callsOct 24 — 0 callsOct 24Oct 25 — 0 callsOct 26 — 0 callsOct 27 — 0 callsOct 28 — 1 callsOct 29 — 9 callsOct 30 — 10 callsOct 31 — 1 callsOct 31
Fig. 3. Calls per day over the last 30 days.

Recordings

Clearest recording · Oct 29 5:01 pm · 94% sure
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Recent · Oct 30 4:46 pm · 92% sure
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Recent · Oct 29 5:01 pm · 88% sure
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Recent · Oct 29 9:34 am · 88% sure
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From the encyclopedia

Bewick's wren is a wren native to North America. It is the only species placed in the genus Thryomanes. At about 14 cm (5.5 in) long, it is grey-brown above, white below, with a long white eyebrow. While similar in appearance to the Carolina wren, it has a long tail that is tipped in white. The song is loud and melodious, much like the song of other wrens. It lives in thickets, brush piles and hedgerows, open woodlands and scrubby areas, often near streams. It eats insects and spiders, which it gleans from vegetation or finds on the ground.
From Wikipedia, "Bewick's wren", CC BY-SA 4.0.