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		<title>Among the redcedars: finding stillness in the rain-drenched forest</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>It’s a cool, misty morning in late May at the Ross Creek Cedars, a remnant patch of old-growth forest in the rain-blessed northwestern corner of [&#8230;]</p>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6289e30af244beaaa9a2aabf67aebbed">It’s a cool, misty morning in late May at the Ross Creek Cedars, a remnant patch of old-growth forest in the rain-blessed northwestern corner of Montana. A Townsend’s warbler (<em>Setophaga townsendi</em>) is singing from the treetops, and in the distance a varied thrush (<em>Ixoreus naevius</em>) gives his surreal whistle. Moisture accumulated in the canopy during last night’s drenching rain drips steadily to the ground, splashing on ladyfern (<em>Athyrium filix-femina</em>) and goldthread (<em>Coptis occidentalis</em>) leaves before an aromatic blanket of fallen western redcedar (<em>Thuja plicata</em>) needles absorb them.</p>


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<figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_144718865.MP_-1024x768.jpg" alt="A misty morning at the Ross Creek Cedars." class="wp-image-4481" style="width:700px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_144718865.MP_-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_144718865.MP_-300x225.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_144718865.MP_-768x576.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_144718865.MP_.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A misty morning at the Ross Creek Cedars.</figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-398bb18a190d0aab76e2f2e9f9a553f0">The morning is relatively quiet. Birdsong is subdued after the rainstorm. “<em>Boring, nothing to see here,</em>” some would say. But I invite you to pause here, to listen and reflect. The forest is pausing, it seems—pausing to breathe. And within this stillness, each bird call, each raindrop and each movement is magnified, as apparent as a ripple in a motionless pool.</p>


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<figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_160212422-1024x768.jpg" alt="Western redcedar needles float in a shallow pool on the forest floor." class="wp-image-4483" style="width:700px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_160212422-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_160212422-300x225.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_160212422-768x576.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_160212422-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_160212422-2048x1536.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Western redcedar needles float in a shallow pool on the forest floor.</figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fec0d7ec55803a416c6aee72f13abaed">This story is about stillness. It’s about noticing what the creatures around us may show us when we stay quiet and slow, when we let the sounds and rhythms of the forest seep into our skin. Mostly, it’s an invitation to be still in nature. This one’s not so much about me speaking as it is about making space for the forest to speak. If you like, close your eyes as you listen. Let these sounds transport you to a damp western redcedar forest along a mountain stream.</p>


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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Plants and forest sounds</h3>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8f6d310ef35d8f817b15f9b19a339335">The forest floor is vibrant with the pale greens of unfolding leaves: ladyfern, Devil’s club (<em>Oplopanax horridus</em>), twisted-stalk (<em>Streptopus amplexifolius</em>). The goldthread is evergreen, so it doesn’t have any unfolding to do. The emerging leaves of the wild sarsparilla (<em>Aralia nudicaulis</em>) are a ruffled burgundy-purple.</p>


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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3bae56c0475c9bd13dff0a8337a2c1c2">The stream is a constant rushing noise in the background. Raindrops keep falling from the canopy to the forest floor.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cc3b26927c131ef05caa73f9c32d1d51">The air is humid and still. I can catch the faint, rich odor of redcedar duff.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d56330045703c34b477062a3a499b9ea">The sky is getting lighter now. The sun peeks briefly through the low, gray blanket of clouds. Western tanagers (<em>Piranga ludoviciana</em>) are singing, sounding like hoarse robins among the canopy.&nbsp;</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a28c8cabfcde32e674e17e228db81a25">I’ve only been sitting for a few minutes when insistent, staccato chips erupt from the undergrowth nearby. I recognize these chips: a Pacific wren (<em>Troglodytes pacificus</em>). But as I spot the wren flitting among ladyferns and fallen branches, I immediately notice something interesting: this bird is carrying a leaf in its beak.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-089fe7e0d125f81a27cc5fe9d5f56a48">The annoyed chipping doesn’t last long. The wren apparently decides I pose no major risk, and goes back to work. A massive redcedar towers above us. The wren flies to the trunk and disappears under a loose slab of bark. He’s building a nest!</p>


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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">The Pacific wren</h3>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8d221162614227fee2e645d642c5820a">By saying “he,” I’m making an assumption, but a well-founded one. Although male and female Pacific wrens look identical, nest-building is an activity almost entirely confined to males. Each male builds one to several nests, generally using existing nooks and crannies in stream banks, root wads, and other protected spots in the forest understory. Females choose which nest the pair will use to raise their young. Some of the extra nests may be reused in future years.</p>


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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-af6056719928651b962afcff1c9043d5">I continue watching the wren for many minutes. He’s very busy gathering leaves, conifer needles, and what appear to be dead ladyfern fronds from a patch right in front of the nest tree, within five yards of it. Mostly, he stays silent. Sometimes I can barely hear his wing whir as he flies to the nest, a globular cup well-hidden and sheltered by cedar bark. At times the wren remains in the nest for a minute or more, presumably arranging and weaving the materials.</p>


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<figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="863" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSCN7085-1024x863.jpg" alt="In a blur, the Pacific wren departs his nest." class="wp-image-4488" style="width:700px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSCN7085-1024x863.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSCN7085-300x253.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSCN7085-768x647.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSCN7085.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">In a blur, the Pacific wren departs his nest.</figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-746bcad8f73ab79f8748f5a252a5b9b5">Finally I walk onwards, leaving him to his nest-building. He sings briefly. Then he continues making trips to his woven home, roofed with cedar bark, part of the living tree.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d41e1c2b7785980c37e596d60ae520bd">His song makes me think about the <a href="https://wildwithnature.com/2023/09/01/washington-spiders/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Pacific wren I heard in western Washington in April of 2023</a>, when Rod Crawford showed me a world of spiders and I learned about a forest-floor food web that connects wrens, spiders, and salamanders. And then I return to the present moment, as the cedars breathe, the raindrops drip, the varied thrush sings, and the ladyfern fronds continue their silent unfolding.</p>


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<figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_155716678-1024x768.jpg" alt="A trillium (Trillium ovatum) flower fades in the forest understory." class="wp-image-4489" style="width:700px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_155716678-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_155716678-300x225.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_155716678-768x576.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_155716678.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A trillium (Trillium ovatum) flower fades in the forest understory.</figcaption></figure>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Further reading</h3>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e4f4eb30e40c90b05a486f3b7096b21a">Towes, D.P.L. &amp; Irwin, D.E. (2020). Pacific wren (<em>Troglodytes pacificus</em>), version 1.0.&nbsp;<em>In</em>&nbsp;Birds of the World (A.F. Poole, editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY. Retrieved from&nbsp;<a href="https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/pacwre1/cur/introduction" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/pacwre1/cur/introduction</a></p>


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<figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="884" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSCN7086-1024x884.jpg" alt="The Pacific wren (lower right) perches with a piece of nesting material as Devil's club and ladyfern glows in the background." class="wp-image-4490" style="width:700px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSCN7086-1024x884.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSCN7086-300x259.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSCN7086-768x663.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSCN7086.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The Pacific wren (lower right) perches with a piece of nesting material as Devil&#8217;s club and ladyfern glows in the background.</figcaption></figure>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Es una mañana fresca con niebla por los Ross Creek Cedars, un remanente de bosque antiguo en la región lluviosa al noroeste de Montana, E.U. [&#8230;]</p>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-03310875134bf1ae4812354776dded50">Es una mañana fresca con niebla por los Ross Creek Cedars, un remanente de bosque antiguo en la región lluviosa al noroeste de Montana, E.U. Un chipe de Townsend (<em>Setophaga townsendi</em>) está cantando desde las copas de los árboles; en la distancia un mirlo cinchado (<em>Ixoreus naevius</em>) emite su silbido fantástico. La humedad que se acumulaba en el dosel durante la lluvia torrencial de anoche gotea hacia el suelo. Las gotas salpican las hojas del helecho (<em>Athyrium filix-femina</em>) y del hilo dorado (<em>Coptis occidentalis</em>) antes de ser absorbidas por una cobija aromática de las hojas caídas de la tuya gigante (<em>Thuja plicata</em>).</p>


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<figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_144718865.MP_-1024x768.jpg" alt="A misty morning at the Ross Creek Cedars." class="wp-image-4481" style="width:700px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_144718865.MP_-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_144718865.MP_-300x225.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_144718865.MP_-768x576.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_144718865.MP_.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">La mañana neblinosa por los Ross Creek Cedars.</figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0584fef4f0846994472657b94efaf64b">La mañana está relativamente calma. Los cantos de las aves están atenuados después de la tormenta. “<em>Qué aburrido, no hay nada para ver aquí,</em>” dirían algunas personas. Pero te invito a permanecer aquí, a escuchar y reflexionar. El bosque está haciendo una pausa, parece—una pausa para respirar. Y dentro de esta calma, cada llamada de cada ave, cada gota de lluvia y cada movimiento está magnificado, tan aparente como una onda en un charco quieto. </p>


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<figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_160212422-1024x768.jpg" alt="Western redcedar needles float in a shallow pool on the forest floor." class="wp-image-4483" style="width:700px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_160212422-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_160212422-300x225.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_160212422-768x576.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_160212422-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_160212422-2048x1536.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Las hojas escamosas de tuya gigante flotan en un charco por el suelo forestal. </figcaption></figure>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">La quietad en el bosque de tuyas gigantes</h3>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e3205b95e982b4d45c4d25b88f029abc">Esta historia se trata de la quietad. Se trata de darnos cuenta de lo que las criaturas alrededor de nosotros nos pueden mostrar si nos mantenemos quietos y lentos, si dejamos que los sonidos y los ritmos del bosque se filtren por nosotros. Básicamente, es una invitación a quedar quieto en la naturaleza. Aquí vamos a abrir un espacio donde el bosque podrá hablar. Si gustas, cierra los ojos mientras escuchas. Deja que estos sonidos te llevan a un bosque lluvioso de tuya gigante cerca de un riachuelo en las montañas. </p>


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<figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="930" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_150214296-1024x930.jpg" alt="Ladyfern, wild ginger, goldthread, and trillium unfurl their leaves in the forest understory." class="wp-image-4482" style="width:700px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_150214296-1024x930.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_150214296-300x273.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_150214296-768x698.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_150214296.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Las hojas del helecho, de <em>Asarum caudatum</em>, del hilo dorado y del trilio se expanden bajo las tuyas gigantes. </figcaption></figure>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Las plantas y los sonidos del bosque</h3>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fd6b0b18cbb118ba384333d90f52f146">El suelo forestal está lleno con los matices de verde pálido de todas las hojas emergentes: de helechos, del arbusto espinoso que se llama <em>Oplopanax horridus</em>, de la hierba delicada <em>Streptopus amplexifolius</em>. El hilo dorado es perennifolio, así que sus hojas ya están a su tamaño maduro. Las hojas crecientes de la <em>Aralia nudicaulis</em> tienen arrugas y son de color borgoña.</p>


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<figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="842" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_155732530-1024x842.jpg" alt="Wild sarsparilla leaves emerge." class="wp-image-4485" style="width:700px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_155732530-1024x842.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_155732530-300x247.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_155732530-768x632.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_155732530.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Las hojas de la <em>Aralia nudicaulis</em> emergen.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="768" height="1024" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_161137783-768x1024.jpg" alt="Devil's club leaves in the process of unfolding." class="wp-image-4484" style="width:400px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_161137783-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_161137783-225x300.jpg 225w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_161137783-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_161137783.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Se ve las hojas emergentes del <em>Oplopanax horridus.</em></figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4481d4aee52bdbb89f40c3096021456a">El riachuelo hace un ruido constante en el fondo. Las gotas de lluvia siguen cayendo desde el dosel hasta el suelo forestal.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c076ace3e37fec825930ed3e631a22b9">El aire está húmedo y quieto. Me doy cuenta del aroma sutil pero complejo de las hojas caídas en descomposición.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c89fbfde2c2715e117a37249b1a46ccf">El cielo está clareando. El sol brilla brevemente a través de la capa gris de nubes bajas. Unas pirangas capucha roja (<em>Piranga ludoviciana</em>) están cantando, sonando como mirlos roncos por el dosel.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-64a99cd976f5bc3bb39331728ef1f729">Sólo he estado sentado unos minutos cuando una serie de llamadas cortas e insistentes irrumpe desde el sotobosque. Reconozco estas llamadas: es un saltapared cholino del oeste (<em>Troglodytes pacificus</em>). Pero cuando ubico el saltapared revoloteando entre los helechos y unas ramas caídas, inmediatamente discierno algo interesante: esta ave está cargando una hoja en el pico. </p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e575021da38226e82c74e0852a55f755">Las llamadas molestas no duran mucho tiempo. Evidentemente el saltapared decide que no le supongo ningún gran riesgo y vuelve a su trabajo. Una antigua tuya gigante parece tocar el cielo encima de nosotros. El saltapared vuela hasta el tronco y desaparece bajo una pieza suelta de la corteza. ¡Él está construyendo un nido!</p>


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<figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSCN7084-1024x768.jpg" alt="The Pacific wren peeks out from his nest, tucked under the bark of a large western redcedar." class="wp-image-4486" style="width:700px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSCN7084-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSCN7084-300x225.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSCN7084-768x576.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSCN7084-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSCN7084.jpg 1800w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">El saltapared cholino del oeste me mira desde su nido, escondido bajo la corteza de una gran tuya gigante.</figcaption></figure>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">El saltapared cholino del oeste</h3>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-571c7b318b8da3527108dbf1075e8ab6">Por decir &#8220;él,&#8221; estoy haciendo una conjetura, pero una conjetura fundada. Aunque los machos y las hembras del saltapared cholino del oeste parecen idénticos, la construcción del nido es casi completamente una actividad de los machos. Cada macho construye entre uno y varios nidos, generalmente usando rincones al lado de un riachuelo, entre las raíces de un árbol caído o en otro lugar protegido en el sotobosque. Las hembras escogen cuál nido va a usar la pareja para criar sus polluelos. Algunos de los nidos extra pueden ser usados en los próximos años. </p>


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<figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSCN7088-1024x768.jpg" alt="The massive western redcedar where the Pacific wren has hidden his nest." class="wp-image-4487" style="width:700px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSCN7088-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSCN7088-300x225.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSCN7088-768x576.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSCN7088.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">La gran tuya gigante donde el saltapared cholino del oeste ha escondido su nido.</figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-09d3e785e3ca6a536be54b395a096cff">Sigo observando el saltapared por un buen rato. Está muy ocupado recolectando hojas, agujas y lo que parece ser parte de una fronda de helecho en un parche dentro de cinco metros del árbol. Por lo general, trabaja en silencio. De vez en cuando logro oír el sonido de sus alas mientras vuela para el nido en forma de taza bien escondido y protegido por la corteza de la tuya. A veces permanece en el nido por un minuto o más, presuntamente acomodando y tejiendo los materiales.</p>


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<figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="863" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSCN7085-1024x863.jpg" alt="In a blur, the Pacific wren departs his nest." class="wp-image-4488" style="width:700px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSCN7085-1024x863.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSCN7085-300x253.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSCN7085-768x647.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSCN7085.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">La borrosidad del saltapared cholino del oeste saliendo de su nido.</figcaption></figure>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">El mundo entre las tuyas gigantes</h3>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1198592b95d4107bf1253ee30d89a593">Finalmente sigo adelante, dejándolo a su construcción. Canta brevemente. Luego resume sus viajes a su hogar tejido con su techo de corteza de tuya, una parte del árbol vivo.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c43753be8541d5d672d901aee1a4c471">Su canto me hace pensar en <a href="https://wildwithnature.com/2023/09/01/aranas-de-washington/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">el saltapared cholino del oeste que escuché en la parte occidental de Washington en abril de 2023</a>, cuando Rod Crawford me mostró un mundo de arañas y conocí esa red alimenticia del suelo forestal, algo que conecta los saltaparedes, las arañas y las salamandras. Y entonces vuelvo al momento actual, mientras las tuyas respiran, las gotas de lluvia caen, el mirlo cinchado canta y las frondas del helecho siguen desplegándose en silencio. </p>


<div class="wp-block-image">
<figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_155716678-1024x768.jpg" alt="A trillium (Trillium ovatum) flower fades in the forest understory." class="wp-image-4489" style="width:700px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_155716678-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_155716678-300x225.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_155716678-768x576.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240524_155716678.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">La flor de un trilio (Trillium ovatum) en el sotobosque.</figcaption></figure>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Lee más</h3>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e6018f1e005ae1a6250a4593563d0571">Towes, D.P.L. &amp; Irwin, D.E. (2020). Pacific wren (<em>Troglodytes pacificus</em>), versión 1.0.&nbsp;<em>En</em>&nbsp;Birds of the World (A.F. Poole, editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY. Recuperado de&nbsp;<a href="https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/pacwre1/cur/introduction" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/pacwre1/cur/introduction</a></p>


<div class="wp-block-image">
<figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="884" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSCN7086-1024x884.jpg" alt="The Pacific wren (lower right) perches with a piece of nesting material as Devil's club and ladyfern glows in the background." class="wp-image-4490" style="width:700px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSCN7086-1024x884.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSCN7086-300x259.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSCN7086-768x663.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSCN7086.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">El saltapared cholino del oeste (al derecho, sobre las ramas) se percha con un pedacito de material para el nido mientras el <em>Oplopanax</em> y los helechos brillan en el fondo. </figcaption></figure>
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