January 9, 2023
A friend recently told me a story about his job as a tour guide in Sedona, Arizona years ago. He said people came from all over the world for the million dollar views of Sedona’s red rocks and creeks. They’d ask about the resident amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and insects in the area and my friend would rattle off the names of various species. He said he was pretty familiar with the local fauna, except when it came to birds. Whenever someone asked about a bird he didn’t know the name of, he’d always resort to the same answer: Canyon Wren. What’s that bird over there? Canyon Wren. What just landed in that tree? Canyon Wren. To be fair, Canyon Wrens do live in Sedona. Plus, the name Canyon Wren sounds really cool, so I can see why he chose it.
I saw Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jays, or should I say “Canyon Wrens,” perched all over the place on the Sugarloaf Loop trail in Sedona. The iconic red rocks made the jays’ feathers, and the open sky, look even bluer.
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Gone Birdin' 