The cascading song of the Canyon Wren descends from cliffs and canyon walls, and is surely not forgotten once heard. It is most often heard in spring, but there are times when a mated pair will sing spontaneously at other times of year.

Like some little mountain spring … this little wren’s song bubbles, ripples, cascades in a miniature torrent of ecstasy (Blanchan 1903). 

The Winter Wren is a small, 4” to 4 ½”, round, dark wren, smaller than the more common Bewick’s Wren.  It has a very short tail, a light line over the eye, and brownish, heavily barred flanks.  It often bobs and bows.

Clark’s Nutcracker was named for Captain William Clark by Alexander Wilson who analyzed the skin brought to him following the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Clark initially thought the bird was a species of woodpecker but later it was classified as a jay.