Bird Identification: Which wren?, 0 by Elphaba

Elphaba wrote:
OK, I've been photographing wrens like they are reincarnated dodo birds! This madness has got to stop. I've also been listening for wrens. I've learned that I have a ton of them out there. Rarely do any of them sing the songs described on various websites. Most are clearly Carolinas and some are juvi Carolinas which are dulller and confusing at first. One had what looked like a second stripe under his eye. I'm guessing that's a juvi feature.

Read about their tails. Dispositive my behind! OK, Bewicks is longer but if you're not holding one dead bird's tail up to the other one (which was disturbing by the way) I don't see how you could tell. Also, I learned that they can both have white on their tail. Bewicks just have more and both hide the white parts. This article said that if there is any black on the tail it's a Bewick's but then there are descriptions of Carolina's with black banding on the tail. Impossible.

My bird book says that they can be found here year-round, but National Geographic says only in the winter. I should give up, but I just have these weird looking wrens calling to me to take their pictures!

Best possibility so far today is this one...