I went out with Paul Ogren yesterday and we first went to Wild River State Park
and I spotted the Carolina Wren immediately at the visitors center on the down
hill slope next to the feeders. It then disappeared for a bit and came back and
exhibited some fun behavior by skulking in a dense patch of dried leaves high
up in a tree and then exploring inside of some crevices and holes in the tree
trunks nearby. After hanging out far about 20 minutes it disappeared again and
did not return before we left. I love the shortened version C. Wren because my
daughters first name is Caitlin and middle name Wren (after the bird of
course:)) and sometimes people call her C Wren. We did not find the Northern
Shrike reported earlier but there was a Trumpeter Swan in with many Canada
Geese on the river. We then went down to the Varied Thrush on 17774 blackbird
trail and the homeowner Richard was outside to greet us. There were many A.
Tree Sparrows and D.E. Juncos around and the thrush did make a brief but very
exciting appearance. We then tried very quickly for the Townsend's Solitaire at
the Carpenter Nature Center and found to woods to be about as silent as the
outdoors can sound but I had seen this bird previously. Overall a very warm and
successful January day. Good Birding, Jason Caddy, Minneapolis
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