Bewick's Wren:
The first specimens of the Bewick's Wren were collected along the Columbia River by Thomas Nuttall and James Kirk Townsend, naturalists for Nathaniel Wyeth's 1834 expedition to Oregon. The bird was given its name by James Audubon, after his friend Thomas Bewick, a British Ornithologist who wrote "A History of British Birds".
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"... My friends Mr. Nuttall and Mr. Townsend found this species on the Columbia river, from which country I have specimens perfectly similar to that figured in my plate. ... I honoured this species with the name of BEWICK, a person too well known for his admirable talents as an engraver on wood, and for his beautiful work on the Birds of Great Britain, to need any eulogy of mine. I enjoyed the pleasure of a personal acquaintance with him, and found him at all tiems a most agreeable, kind, and benevolent friend."
[James Audubon, 1841, The Birds of America, Vol.II]
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Battleground, Washington ...
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Bewick's Wren, Battleground, Washington.
Image taken September 12, 2011.
Canon Rebel t3i, 300mm.
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Shillapoo Wildlife Area, Washington ...
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Bewick's Wren, Shillapoo Wildlife Area, Vancouver, Washington.
Along LaFramboise Road.
Left image taken February 14, 2010.
Right image taken February 15, 2010.
Canon Rebel T1i, 300mm.
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Vancouver, Washington ...
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Bewick's Wren, Vancouver, Washington.
Right image taken through double-paned plate glass window.
Left image taken February 7, 2009.
Right image taken February 8, 2009.
Canon EOS 40d, 400mm.
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Bewick's Wren, Vancouver, Washington.
Left image taken March 22, 2009.
Right image taken December 19, 2009.
Canon EOS 40d, 400mm.
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Bewick's Wren, backyard, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken January 18, 2010.
Canon EOS 40d, 400mm.
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Bewick's Wren, backyard, Vancouver, Washington.
Overcast gray with drizzle.
Image taken January 16, 2010.
Canon EOS 40d, 400mm.
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Bewick's Wren, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken March 7, 2009.
Canon EOS 40d, 400mm.
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Bewick's Wren, Pacific Park, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken February 2, 2009.
Canon Rebel XTi, 200z.
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Vancouver Lake, Vancouver, Washington ...
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Bewick's Wren, Vancouver Lake, Washington.
Image taken December 11, 2009.
Canon EOS 40d, 400mm.
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Steigerwald Lake NWR, Washington ...
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Bewick's Wren, Steigerwald Lake NWR, Washington.
Image taken June 13, 2010.
Canon Rebel T1i, 300mm.
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Ridgefield NWR, Washington ...
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Backyard feeder, Vancouver, Washington ...
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Bewick's Wren, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken March 7, 2009.
Canon EOS 40d, 400mm.
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Bewick's Wren, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken March 15, 2009.
Canon EOS 40d, 400mm.
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