White-browed Scrubwren

WHITE-BROWED SCRUBWREN

 

I have lived in Kilmore for over forty years but only in the last three to four, have I noticed these cheeky looking wrens. They are seen in dark tangled bushes, in amongst fallen logs, often around water. They move very quickly, over, under, around  the dark places and deep inside the thorny blackberry and gorse scrub. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The band of black around the eye gives them a villainous look,  just like the Beagle Boys. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are a lot of these little birds around, over a large area. It is hard to tell whether they are more plentiful now or whether it just takes some time to recognize they are about.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The give away for me is the high pitched  'chie-weeep' which is heard before the birds are sighted.