Winter Wrens

["Eric Huish" <poorwill_ at hotmail dot com>]

A couple months ago (4/7/04) I found what looked to be a BREEDING PAIR of 
WINTER WRENS in Battle Creek Canyon above Pleasant Grove.  There were two 
wrens.  They kept hoping up into an undercut in the bank of the stream.  One 
(I assume the female) was following the other around with her wings half out 
fluttering and her tail sticking strait up and waging back and forth.  I 
went back up a couple day latter (4/9/04) and they were still there.  I saw 
one collecting nesting materials (long dead grasses) and taking them up into 
the hole in the bank.

I saw and heard one singing a little upstream from the first sightings on 
May 21st but hadn't been up there since until yesterday (I could not find 
one).

If I remember right it seems there have been a few reports of singing Winter 
Wrens in the summertime over the last few years.  Merrill has seen them up 
American Fork Canyon (Utah County), Kevin Colver saw one up Maple Canyon 
(Sanpete County), and I believe one was reported last year at Navajo Lake 
(Garfield County).  Perhaps Winter Wrens are expanding their range in Utah.

Has anyone else seen any "Summer" Winter Wrens in the past few years?


Eric Huish
Pleasant Grove UT
poorwill_@hotmail.com
801-360-8777

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