I've seen a few eBird rare bird reports of Winter Wrens come in lately.
(Well, one from Columbia County earlier this month which still lists Winter
Wren, and of course the Multnomah one today which even had photos.) Am
wondering about people's thoughts about the veracity of such claims.
Are they just mis-IDs from people unfamiliar with the split between Pacific
and Winter Wren that occurred however long ago, and the fact that they're
getting prompted to provide details as an RBA raises no red flags? Or is
there a possibility of Winter Wren occurring West of the Cascades? I know
sometimes range maps can be out of date, or misleading (take Black Phoebes,
for example).
I'm assuming the former, but who am I to assume anything? No expert,
certainly And if there is a possibility of legit Winter Wrens to be found,
I need to brush up on vocalizations I guess.
(Sorry to go off topic and discuss birds...)
Hannah
St. Helens
