Introduction

The only Winter Wren I've seen came to our front yard one very cold Sunday morning in February of 2013.

First Encounter

On the morning of February 3, 2013, I was taking pictures out of our front window of birds in our front yard that were braving the frigid conditions. Suddenly, directly below me, a bird I did not at first recognize appeared. With help from a friend, I realized it was a Winter Wren. Here are the two shots I managed looking almost vertically down at the bird: