-Photo by Martyne Reesman, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife-

Wrentit (Chamaea fasciata)

This is a mouse-like bird, only occasionally mustering the courage to dart from its shadowy domain. The male and female are generally indistinguishable by external characters. Both sexes are small and brown, with dim streaks on a paler, often pinkish breast; generally paler and grayer in drier regions. Both sexes sing; the female's repeated single note is easily distinguishable from the male's fast trill introduced by several individual notes.