Date: 3/31/25 11:53 am From: Brian Fitch via groups.io <fogeggs...> Subject: [SFBirds] Continuing Winter Wren
The wren found by Rajan more than a week ago was still present this morning in Golden Gate Heights Park. I arrived before sunrise based on John and Keith's note from Saturday, but the bird didn't sing until around official sunrise, which was invisible in the hilltop mist. The first round of song was not at the previously noted coordinates, but higher up, at the intersection where the paved loop trail meets itself. The bird moved downhill to the west, then south and east, passing the previous coordinates a little before finally showing itself as it sang. It sang almost constantly for more than 30 minutes before going silent, with no double calls at all, and only two bursts of scolding.
A truncated seawatch at the Sutro Baths offered more than 1000 Common Murres, most southbound in variously sized lines, and a Gray Whale spout very close to the end of a rainbow. No pot-o-gold jokes... Brian Fitch
