The Eastsider LA
Photo by Sandy Driscoll
SILVER LAKE — Sandy Driscoll’s garden attracts a lot of birds, but a recent visitor was a newcomer that she did not recognize. “Even though it doesn’t look unusual it was smaller than a sparrow, and only a bit larger than a hummingbird. I would guess less than three inches, tip to tip. It moved very quickly among the flowers and herbs then disappeared in a flash!”
Can anyone identify that bird?
It might be a House Wren
House Wren.
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/House_Wren/id
Hermit Thrush?
no, no, no…that is clearly a Hipster Chick.
Yep, I agree it’s a house wren foraging for insects, spiders and grubs.
Check out this website http://merlin.allaboutbirds.org
Great for bird id’s.
Thanks so much, everyone, and especially Nancy for tipping me off on that fabulous website/app. I just downloaded it and the bird is indeed a house wren! I do what I can to attract as many birds to my garden as possible, so it’s great fun to see and ID a new one!