Western Bird Guide: Birds of the Rockies and West to the Pacific

by Charles K. Reed

TULE WREN.

725a. Telmatodytes p. paludicola. 5½ inches.

Range.—Pacific coast, from British Columbia to southern California. This is a western form of the Long-billed Marsh Wren, found more east of the Rockies. They build a globular-shaped nest of grass and rushes, attached to upright rushes just above the water. Five eggs are laid, of a pale chestnut color, with darker markings (.64 × .45).