News Flash: this is a rock wren, two readers have told me. Very cool.
Well, my birding friends, what do you think? It was a little shy, a little friendly, and has some distinctive markings that don’t quite match the pics in my bird book.
That we were both hanging around in a ditch below a blasting scar on the side of the road in Vernon, above Okanagan Lake, is another story altogether, but fortuitous. It flew ahead of me, and when I caught up, it flew back. It wasn’t going to leave that ditch. It had some interesting bushes and scruffy weeds at the other end, and a sumac a little further along.
I don’t know what it thought of the sumac, but the deer and I both liked it.
Categories: Grasslands, Nature Photography
Looks like a rock wren. Less commonly seen in winter but some stick around and the habitat looks good.
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Thanks!
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Looks like a wren, probably a rock wren. Nice bird, not all that common but likes that rocky type of habitat.
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Thanks, Ferne! My wife says she saw one like it in our quince bush yesterday.
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