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Common Name:Wrentit
Scientific Name:Chamaea fasciata
Family:Timaliidae
Area:Bluebill Lake, Oregon
Date:April 23, 2013

Wrentits are busy little birds that like to stay out of sight in thick shrubbery. Surprisingly they are not vocally shy. They will make their clicking call even when you are close at hand and will sing their song with boisterous volume way out of proportion to their size. You will hear them many times over actually seeing them.


Cleawox Lake - Honeyman State Park, Oregon - - - July 18, 2011


Bluebill Lake, Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area - - - November 10, 2011


Hancock Hill - Elkton, Oregon - - - May 20, 2012

Reference:Golden Field Guides - Birds of North America / The Sibley Guide to Birds by Sibley