[EBB Sightings] Redwood RP Winter Wren

Hi, all.
  I hiked the Tres Sendas Trail from the Moon Gate
trailhead down to the Stream Trail this afternoon
(Sunday). I remembered the directions wrongly, so
didn't go far enough down the Stream Trail to see if
the pileated wp was still around. 
  I was blessed, however, with a personal recital from
a winter wren at the junction of the 2 trails. After
spotting him (?), but losing him when some noisy
hikers came by, I was surprised to find him maybe 10
feet away singing away, sometimes looking right at me,
but not flinching. He treated me to his long,
complicated song for 5 or more minutes before turning
and droping out of sight down the stream cut.
  I heard lots of other voices, but couldn't ID most
of them.
  Seen or heard were some of the usual suspects:
Stellers jay, 
scrub jay, 
dark-eyed (Oregon) junco, 
robin,
chestnut-backed chickadee,
California towhee,
possible American goldfinch (a glimpse of bright
yellow and black through a bush),
unidentified sparrow--non-descript grayish--just a
glimpse,
other sparrows who's songs I haven't completely
figured out.
Cheers,
Alan Howe
North Oakland



       
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