I've had the good fortune of watching the Rock Wren on and off this afternoon (9/27), as it's foraged around...not surprisingly...the collection of rocks roughly approximating a rock garden in my backyard. This bird is incredibly tame, fearlessly approaching me as I photographed it. Two or three times it came within an arm's length. I'd hold my breath, hold still, and it would pass by. A few times, it came so close that it wouldn't fit in the camera frame.
<https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-M2vi5N1xVa0/Wcw9OW9XdpI/AAAAAAAANr8/vWQSrE_mdw05H_lK_7viNqbU1b6V0t0FwCLcBGAs/s1600/DSC_0529%2BRock%2BWren.jpg> The bird especially likes the rotted log I added to my yard this spring. It came from a neighbor's tree, which fell after a storm. The wren inspected the hollowed core of the log, two or three times emerging with something. <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_um_KVSfSTs/Wcw87KlVW7I/AAAAAAAANr4/6yEhNvegFF4ytrieNHSxnCUg08sAbxpJACLcBGAs/s1600/DSC_0559%2BRock%2BWren.jpg> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xXv1Mkc17Yw/Wcw9ju3GfRI/AAAAAAAANsA/gmSKHs7Grz84F5R0C61ZoA3TlgBK7NuzgCLcBGAs/s1600/DSC_0432%2BRock%2BWren.jpg> It nabbed, among other things, a pill bug. (I'm asking around on some of the other items of food it collected.) <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tLCWCOYSgJs/Wcw-Sa6w-LI/AAAAAAAANsI/VNylbTQdA8UaTjzOSG8fubgUAw3bzWliQCLcBGAs/s1600/DSC_0237%2BRock%2BWren.jpg> - Jared Del Rosso Centennial, CO On Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at 1:49:00 PM UTC-6, Jared Del Rosso wrote: > > A half hour ago, I took a break from work to inspect the sparrow flock in > my yard. (All Chipping...) As I did, a Rock Wren, my first in Arapahoe > County, flew into my yard. It took a few conspicuous perches near me -- > wood pile, tree stump, neighbor's bird bath -- not seeming to do much else > but a few, halfhearted squats. (And it's still there...on the wood pile, > standing around.) > > This was an especially happy encounter for me. Just a few days ago, when I > visited Willow Spring Open Space (which looks good for migrating Rock > Wrens), I was wondering when I'd encounter one in the county. Then I read > David Suddjian's post about seeing them in east Arapahoe and felt a twinge > of jealousy. > > Turns out this bird is peppering west Arapahoe County this fall. According > to eBird, David saw his first at St. Mary's Church this fall. Ben Sampson > added a Rock Wren in his yard a few days ago. And there's a report, from > the start of this month, of four at an open space near Denver Tech Center. > > - Jared Del Rosso > Centennial< CO > -- 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/e92758f8-129a-46a0-8395-d2fba7e03372%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
