Presumed Pacific Wrens - Wild Basin, Rocky Mountain National Park (Boulder)

[Kathy and Jeff Dunning]

All - 

Yesterday I took my nearly-annual hike to Thunder Lake in Wild Basin.  This hike takes me past Calypso Cascades, the home of at least one Pacific Wren over the last two summers, so I knew to listen.  As I approached the cascades, I clearly heard the song of a stub-tailed wren.  Eventually, I located the songster as well as a second bird.  Both appear to be Pacific Wrens.   The wren was singing actively on my way up as well as on my way down - he doesn't seem particularly bothered by the crowds.  He does, however, vanish for periods of time as he moves up/down the creek.

My eBird checklist:

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38136485

Good birding,

Kathy Mihm Dunning

Denver