(UNMASTERED, recorded on 2021-04-27)
Pacific Wrens are the Red-winged Blackbirds of the forest.
Don’t get me wrong -- I love both. They have lively, spritely personalities with unqiue vocalizations. The problem is that they JUST WON’T SHUT UP, and they’re incredibly loud. They’re the aural equivalent of obnoxiously purposeful photo bombers.
My interactions with Pacific Wrens go something like this:
Me: Oh, there’s a lovely Varied Th--
Wren: HEY!!!!! DID YOU SEE THAT VARIED THRUSH OVER THERE? DID YOU HEAR IT MAYBE? IT’S REALLY COOL! BY THE WAY HAVE YOU HEARD PACIFIC WREN LATELY????!??
Me: I was really just tryin--
Wren: HEY!!!! IT’S ME AGAIN!! DID YOU MISS ME? I SEE YOU’RE TRYING TO FIND THAT VARIED THRUSH. I THINK IT FLEW OFF. FORTUNATELY I’M HERE TO SING IN YOUR EAR!!!!!!
Me: Oh, that unfortu--
Wren: HEY!!!!! HAVE YOU MET MY FAMILY YET??? THEY’RE RIGHT HERE WITH ME IN THE NEXT FIVE TREE!! THERE WAS A GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET HERE EARLIER BUT IT DIDN’T SEEM LIKE THE VERY FRIENDLY TYPE AND FLEW OFF AFTER WE ARRIVED!!!!
Me: Ah, that’s why I don’t hear it anymo--
Wren: HEY!!! THAT VARIED THRUSH IS BACK!! YOU SHOULD GO RECORD IT!! IT’S RIGHT BEHIND ME. NO WAIT. IT’S GONE AGAIN. SHY LITTLE BUGGERS, AREN’T THEY?????
Me: --
Wren: HEY!!! I SEE YOU HAVE A PARABOLIC DISH THERE! I BET YOU CAN HEAR THINGS FROM FAR AWAY REALLY LOUD THROUGH THAT THING. HANG ON A SEC. I’M GONNA FLY TO THAT TREE OVER THERE, THE ONE YOU’RE POINTING AT WITH ONLY ONE KINGLET AND NO PACIFIC WRENS IN IT AND I’LL SING TO YOU. SEE IF YOU CAN HEAR ME.
"WREN, WINTER (10-30-10) humboldt cyn, patagonia hills, scc, az -01" by Sloalan is marked with CC0 1.0
