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House Wren at Mt. Diablo last week.  It's odd when a bird like this is exciting to see, but IT WAS.

From DC, NYC, Boston and Shutesbury

Over the weekend I had some visitors. It was fun. Ben, Lizzie, Maya, Carson and Peter all made it out to Leverett for some hiking around Mt. Toby, outdoor games, settling of Catan, and great great food from my dear mother. My dad also got them to move a huge rock.

Pondering the flip
Trying to flip
Flip!
Thanks mom!


Ben, furiously arguing the rules of SPUD


Carson, in fact, still has it


We found this little wren on a walk, looked like it was hit by a car, but could still make it?


Up at the Peace Pagoda



Just got back from Maine. Katahdin and banding at Manomet pictures to come.

House wren

At pine gulch on Friday, accompanied by Amanda's grandma and mom, we caught a house wren! It's not the oddest of birds, but for the area it's fairly uncommon. It was the 30th for the Palomarin field station, and the fourth at pine gulch (since the 70s). It was a bit confusing at first, as all we usually catch are Bewick's wrens and Pacific wrens, which look quite different than house wrens, and we were not expecting it, but we figured it out.