Sighting Record for Utah

Common name:	Winter Wren
Scientific name:	Nannus Hiemalis (RIP Troglodytes)
Date:	10/27/26
Time:	around 10:30 am
Length of time observed:	20 seconds of calling
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Location:	Road between Lincoln and Lebarron Point.
County:	Utah Co
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Distance to bird:	20 yards
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(Description:) Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics:	While scoping from a decent vantage on the Road to Lebarron, 20 yards or so below me and to my left came a sudden outburst of barky calls. I almost immediately recognized them and whipped out my phone to record, which allowed me to capture a good chunk of its calling. The calls were that of a Troglodytes Wren, with an obvious SOSP quality. Like an extra short and angry SOSP, sometimes changing slightly in pitch, and tempo. The bird was calling from down in some mixed Phrag and Tamarisk on the shoreline, which is seemingly odd habitat, and yet I've tallied a ridiculous list of migrants and vagrants in this habitat, in this location over the past few years. It sets up as an excellent trap as it is the first foliage for birds to land after crossing the lake. I spent the next hour or so, and again a few hours later hoping to get visuals of the bird, but struck out, and I never did hear the bird again. Luckily the audio captured is distinctive and conclusive, much more so than looks can be anyway.
Song or call & method of delivery:	barky SOSP like chip calls (Audio)
Behavior:	calling from super low and deep in dense habitat
Habitat:	dense Phragmites and Tamarisks at the lakeside with one nearby Russian olive - the trio of destiny
Similar species and how were they eliminated:	PAWR: obviously looks would have been nice, to see a bird lighter and more golden in the throat and chest, but call is the definitive way of ruling out this species, which has a much higher and more smacky call.
Previous experience with this & similar species:	not sure a count, but many PAWR, as we have a number of them during breeding and winter seasons in Utah co. subsequently, I found Audibly first, then visually a PAWR at Geneva Settling Ponds the day before this observation. I've seen 1 WIWR a continuing bird at Willard Bay State Park, which I observed and spent time with on 6-7 different occasions between November and December of 2025.
References consulted:	checked calls against the Sibley and Merlin app.
Description from:	Notes taken at the time of the sighting
Observer:	Mckay Olson
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Observer's e-mail address:	**
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Date prepared:	10/28/26
Additional material:	Tape
Additional comments:	https://ebird.org/checklist/S405929516