Sounds like a bevy of winter wrens. Very short tails. Didn't know they were still around, though. A little migratory flocking not surprising. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robin Ruth" <robin.ruth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 11:24 PM Subject: [va-richmond-general] More Mystery Birds > While birding in Forest Hill Park, 3 of us saw a group of 4 or 5 small > birds. We all identified them as definitely being wrens of some sort but > they were smaller than a Carolina Wren and had very short tails > (definitely > shorter than a Carolina). They were definitely not House Wrens. They did > have an eye stripe although now I can't remember how pronounced it was. > Could anybody guess under what circumstances you might see 4 or 5 wrens of > some sort moving around together and what kind of wren they might be? > > You are subscribed to VA-Richmond-General. To unsubscribe, send email to > va-richmond-general-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the > Subject field. To adjust other settings (vacation, digest, etc.) please > visit, //www.freelists.org/list/va-richmond-general. > You are subscribed to VA-Richmond-General. To unsubscribe, send email to va-richmond-general-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. To adjust other settings (vacation, digest, etc.) please visit, //www.freelists.org/list/va-richmond-general.