Birds Identified: House Wren
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House Wren has these characteristics:
- Hopping or climbing
- Smaller than robin
- Bill long, as long or longer than head
- Mostly brownish, or with many brown streaks or spots
- Cross barring
- North summer (June through August)
- South summer (June through August)
- Wood habitat
- Perched low (generally below middle of trees when perched or foraging)
- Jerks tail or body (repeated dipping of body, or flipping or pumping of tail)
- Rasping harsh calls
- Staccato and twitter call (short sharp notes or rapid series of notes: tinkling, trilling, sputtering, or percussive)
- Melodious song (pitch variable; smooth, sweet, or rich quality; pattern generally complex)
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Eric Haines,
erich@acm.org