Date: 3/22/25 12:45 pm From: Zac Denning via groups.io <zdenning1...> Subject: Re: [SFBirds] apparent WINTER WREN @ Golden Gate Heights Park
Thanks Randy,
That’s really good news. That should really help support the review
process.
For Rajan and others:
FYI: it is possible to capture sufficiently clear audio of a WIWR candidate
with just your phone and the Merlin app (as I did), but it generally means
having the bird calling loudly and close and/or at a time of day or when
there’s less background roar from traffic etc (e.g. early on Sunday
morning).
And to give a sense of time expectation for CBRC review, it likely won’t be
quick. The first bird I found from late November is still pending review.
I’ll look forward to this bird hopefully meeting what’s needed for
acceptance.
Zac Denning
Albany
On Sat, Mar 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM randycollignon via groups.io
<randycollignon...> wrote:
> Good advise Zac. I got some snippets of the chimp/bark calls of the
> possible Winter Wren with a handheld field recorder this morning at close
> range with Keith. I work nights, so I need to get to bed but should have
> them uploaded to Ebird by tomorrow morning for people to analyze, and will
> submit to CBRC. I also got song and chattering calls. Challenging bird to
> ID, but that kind of makes it a fun attempt.
>
> Best,
> Randy Collignon
> SF
>
> On Sat, Mar 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM, Zac Denning wrote:
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> Awesome find Rajan!
>
> I very much defer to the experts, but based on feedback from the 3 WIWR
> candidates I encountered this Winter, this seems at least promising. The
> sonogram for the bark calls looks as expected, with stacked inverted
> chevron shaped harmonics, and with the highest energy portion below 4 KHz.
>
> I’m not sure if software would improve things, but to help rule out the
> uncommon ‘tweener’ calls (that I understand PAWR can occasionally make), a
> better recording may be helpful. This would ideally show the shape of the
> lowest harmonic band in the sonogram, which is indistinct / overwhelmed by
> background noise in these sonograms. Ethan Monk and others are far more
> expert in this, but that’s what crude understanding I’ve gleaned from
> recent birds.
>
> Also, based on my recent experience, there seems to be a very short window
> in which WIWR can be more easily observed. All 3 birds that I saw were most
> easily observed at the initial encounter and for a very short period
> afterward. After that, the bird may go deep into cover, may stop responding
> to pishing or playback, or may perhaps move on. So now would be the time to
> try to get better recordings of this bird!
>
> That’s what little I know - and the experts will have better feedback I’m
> sure. Nice find once again!
>
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> Zac Denning
> Albany
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> On Sat, Mar 22, 2025 at 8:39 AM Dominik Mosur via groups.io <dominikmosur=
> <gmail.com...> wrote:
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>> Good morning SF Birders,
>>
>> Yesterday afternoon (3/21/25), one of our young superstar birders, RAJAN
>> RAO, discovered an apparent WINTER WREN at Golden Gate Heights Park.
>>
>> Here's Rajan's list with recordings and photos:
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>> https://ebird.org/checklist/S219870675 >>
>> Several people who have experience with Winter Wren expressed that
>> it sounds really good for a potential winter wren but more documentation
>> would be great.
>>
>> I stopped there yesterday evening to follow up and was not able to
>> relocate it hearing only a typical Pacific Wren at the same spot. BUT, a
>> visit at sunrise today turned up both a Pacific and the putative WINTER
>> WREN at these approximate GPS coordinates :
>> 37.74947, -122.4689
>>
>> Do note that this is a state review species so if you go see the bird
>> and manage photos/recordings please submit them to the California BIrd
>> Record Committee at this link:
>> https://californiabirds.org/report_sighting.html >>
>> Happy Spring,
>>
>> Dominik Mosur
>> San Francisco
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