Heard in early April in our yard, identified with help from Pasadena Audubon Society.
John Rodgers says:
The whole recording is of a Bewick's Wren! Its vocalizations often include a repetitive single high-pitched note as well as a more varied series of whistles like you've recorded here.
In his 1889 Ornithology of Illinois, Robert Ridgway attested that “No bird more deserves the protection of man than Bewick’s Wren. He does not need man’s encouragement, for he comes of his own accord and installs himself as a member of the community, wherever it suits his taste. He is found about the cowshed and barn along with the Pewee and Barn Swallow; he investigates the pig-sty; then explores the garden fence, and finally mounts to the roof and pours forth one of the sweetest songs that ever was heard.”
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