Just an update

First, I called the Audubon Society to see how little #92 (our injured Pine Siskin) was doing. They said he's doing great! Eating and maintaining his weight, moving around a lot and in the next couple of days, they will move him to a rehab cage so that he can have more room and exercise his broken wing. Good for him!

Still on the lookout for those wrentits. A fellow OBOLer is going to come over and do his great imitation of the wrentit. I guess he has had quite a bit of success calling these little guys out. So, we are crossing our fingers!

Other than that, it's been pretty normal in the yard. The Varied thrush and the Spotted Towhee seem to be getting more comfortable in the yard. They are getting closer and closer to the house and don't immediately fly off when we go into the yard. It's nice to see them up close.

I've posted a few photos taken recently (hopefully soon, we will be getting a much better camera). Most of the better photos on this site were taken with my sister's camera. We just have a little 3 megapixel, 3x optical zoom guy. I would love something with 12x or even 18x optical zoom! I'd be a pic snapping fool. Wishing you all the best and good birding!

Possible Wrentit

Late this afternoon, Michelle cried, "look" from our bedroom window. I came running into the bedroom and saw what she was looking at. There appeared to be similar to Bushtits but larger. Upon further inspection we realized that they had a brownish breast that was streaked, a very long tail and did not behave like Bushtits. Also, there were just two of them, sitting in a dense shrub we have. We get Bushtits on a daily basis and we are certain it was not them. Michelle first spotted one of the birds outside the bathroom window only about 3 feet away from her. The bird then flew into another tree (the one pictured) and she ran into the bedroom and called me in to see them.

After reading through countless books and searching the Internet, the only conclusion we could draw was that it was, in fact, a Wrentit. There is no record in Multnomah County so I realize how this must sound, but after studying the birds in the shrub (and taking notes of its characteristics) we are 99% certain that they were Wrentits.
Here are 3 HORRIBLE photos. Taken with low light, a small camera, through a double paned window. I tried countless times to manipulate the photo with Photoshop and Picture It! to no avail. So here are the pictures as they were taken and maybe someone else has some ideas or a better photo program.