Sunrise comes early this time of year. Its gentle fingers reach out while most of us are still wrapped in the warm blanket of deep sleep. A small bird is one of the first to respond to these early ...

Vocal and plumage variation in the Bewick’s wren is extensive ... Plumage variable, but all subspecies gray-brown to rufous-brown above, gray-white below, with long, pale supercilium.

Overall jizz is of a plain, typical wren. Adult: one molt a year; sexes similar. All populations brownish above, paler gray-brown or gray ... Migration: most birds in North America migratory.