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The rock wren is a tiny gray songbird that thrives in the rock outcroppings on several Larimer County open spaces, where they build nest patios from small, flat rocks.“They’re inconspicuous ...
Believe it or not, this “front porch” to the nest cavity was built by the rock wren pair. Socially monogamous, rock wrens pair up for the breeding season and may have up to three broods of up ...
The rock wren (Salpinctus obsoletus) is a common year-round resident throughout much of the southwestern portions of the United States, ranging from central Texas westward to northern California.
Rock wren, Salpinctes obsoletus, photographed at Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA. Image: Terry Sohl, 5 July 2010. [velociraptorize]. I encourage you to purchase images from this generous ...
This winter I WILL locate a winter wren.That’s my plan, anyway, with one of my goals for the year being to find some of the Boulder County birds that I have never seen.The boreal owl, which l… ...
Rock wrens can have more than a 100 song types and marsh wrens more than 200. Our more familiar backyard wren, the Bewick’s wren, is a relatively modest sort, with a mere 10 to 20 song variations.
Rock Wrens, one of the oldest as well as the most distinct songbird species made a comeback from extinction because of the New Zealand's Department of Conservation (DOC) project.
Rock wrens hop and flit rather than flying and nest on the ground, making them easy prey for introduced predators like rats and stoats. They are threatened with extinction.