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A secretive little bird of dense woods. The Winter Wren often creeps about among fallen logs and dense tangles, behaving more like a mouse than a bird, remaining out of sight but giving an occasional "kimp-kimp" call note. Usually Winter Wrens live close to the ground; but in spring in the northern woods, males ascend to high perches in the conifers to give voice to a beautiful song of long-running musical trills.
Arid rocky canyons and seemingly barren piles of boulders are home to this active little bird, the palest of our wrens. Birders who explore such places may spot the Rock Wren bouncing up and down on its short legs, as if on springs, while it gives a metallic call note that echoes among the rocks. A Rock Wren nest can sometimes be located by its curious 'front porch,' a paving of small pebbles on the ground in front of the nest entrance.
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