Elk Pass, Part 1 (Pacific Wren)

About this episode

This episode explores the Pacific Wren, a small bird known for its loud and complex songs, and discusses its characteristics and migration patterns.

The Pacific Wren is a tiny-yet-loud brown bird that can be found all year round in much of its West Coast range, though some of the more northern deeper interior populations in Canada make a short migration sound. Their songs are a loud and tumbling cascade of bright musical phrases, lasting anywhere from 5 to 10 seconds on average, and sometimes even longer. The species has a couple very similar sounding cousins around the world, namely the Winter Wren found more east in North America, and the Eurasian Wren in other parts of the world. Credits Songbirding: Kananaskis Country is a Songbirding Studios production. Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter. The Songbirding cover art (Townsend's Warbler) is by Lauren Helton: https://tinylongwing.carbonmade.com/projects/5344062 Creative Commons music is from Bluedot Sessions. Learn how to support the show at https://songbirding.com/support

People in this episode

Host: Rob Porter

Topics covered

• Pacific Wren
• birdsong
• migration
• nature

Keywords

• West Coast
• Winter Wren
• Eurasian Wren
• Kananaskis Country

Mentioned in this episode

Products: The Pacific Wren

Books & works: Townsend's Warbler

Places: West Coast, Canada, North America

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