Cobirders, Here is a link to a comparison of the two wren's songs on Nathan Pieplow's Earbirding.com website: http://earbirding.com/blog/archives/1897 Good birding, Steve Stachowiak Highlands Ranch, CO
On Thursday, October 16, 2014 12:31:15 PM UTC-6, Steven Mlodinow wrote: > Greetings All > > The breeding distribution of Eastern Marsh Wren reaches west to cen. NE, > cen. SD, and I believe, ND and Alberta. > Given that we have so many records of other eastern birds with an even > more easterly distribution, it seems rather unlikely that Eastern Marsh > Wrens DON'T occur in CO. I guess that is a double negative. It seems highly > likely that Eastern Marsh Wrens DO occur in CO. The problem is that the > criteria for sight ID are not entirely clear, though the songs are very > different. So... even a very careful and experienced birder will not likely > identify a member of this subspecies group unless that bird sings. > > Good Birding > Steven Mlodinow > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/5a711c48-6898-43cc-9a37-6da95d2cf365%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
