Week 47 – Canyon Wren

 

Canyon Wren. Photograph by Neil Paprocki.

Before I say anything, listen to the Canyon Wren’s Song.

This was truly the soundtrack to which I worked and played while living in northern Arizona and southern Utah until 2010. These boisterous birds predominate in the canyons of the desert southwest, singing from rock crevasses and natural amphitheaters to amplify their amazing song.

Canyon Wren’s also range further north into the black-rock basalt canyons of the Intermountain West. I found this expansive individual this week along the Snake River Canyon within the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area.

All of the previous 52-week blog photos can be found at the Wild Lens blog or on Flickr.