Wrens! - 05 Oct 2025

Skies were partly cloudy with calm winds and temperature at 63ºF as I arrived at Elizabeth Park at 8:30 am. As I entered the center trail in the middle of the park I heard the "Chit-Chit" of a Winter Wren. Peering into the vegetation I could see bouncing leaves. Then the tiny wren appeared.

 

The Winter Wren would then jump between downed logs and tree stumps while a second Winter Wren scurried like a mouse through the brush. Light was very low so I was glad to be shooting at ISO 64,000!

In the small grapevine opening I spotted a male American Redstart foraging while a Ruby-throated Hummingbird buzzed past my face and into the brush.

Nearby a Magnolia Warbler made a very brief appearance.

Walking to the Maintenance Yard I re-found the Ruby-crowned Kinglet flock from yesterday. The birds were just as difficult to photograph.

A Nashville Warbler appeared, and was then followed by this Yellow-rumped Warbler.

A Northern Parula was high in the canopy and remained obscured by leaves. 

Near the dump I began hearing a pair of Carolina Wrens calling and found this one posing on some of the debris lying around. What a poser!

Behind it in the trees a Blue-headed Vireo made a brief appearance. 

As I walked back to the car a Great Horned Owl flew overhead and disappeared into the woods. 

Elizabeth Park (Trenton), Wayne, Michigan, US
Oct 5, 2025 8:51 AM - 9:57 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.344 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Clear, calm, 64F
24 species

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  80
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  4
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)  2
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  1
Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)  1
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)  1
Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius)  1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  2
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula)  8
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)  1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)  1
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)  1
Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis)  2
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)  2
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  2
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)  1
Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla)  2
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)  2
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana)  1
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)  2
Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea)  1
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  1

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