Wrentit, Chamaea fasciata
The Wrentit is a local favorite, the "troubador of the chaparral," with birds of both sexes giving a liquid ping-pong-ball song all year round as they skulk in the thick brush and low trees found on dry Pacific Coast hillsides. Wrentits are more often heard than seen, and more easily seen than photographed, with unobstructed views difficult to come by. Despite the name, the bird is not closely related either to the wrens or the chickadees and titmice, but rather (alone among New World species) is classified with the Old World warblers and babblers.
