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Friday, June 19, 2020
Thursday, June 18, 2020
SEDGE WREN, SPRINGBANK MEADOW PARK,MISSISSAUGA,ONTARIO, 6/15/2020
A Sedge Wren has been reported on eBird at Springbank Park (this is how it is listed on eBird; its full name is Springbank Meadow Park) in Mississauga, Ontario since June 13, 2020. We decided to see if we could find it. Low-and-behold, there it was at the entrance to the park on Springbank Road almost as soon as we arrived.
We can ID this wren as a Sedge Wren as follows:
We can ID this wren as a Sedge Wren as follows:
- Streaked crown ( similar wrens such as the Marsh Wren and House Wren do not have a streaked crown)
- Distinct,wide buffy eyebrow (the eyebrow of the House Wren is thin and indistinct)
- Back (what we can see of it) and wings are brown streaked with dark and white
- Whitish throat and buffy underparts
- Pink legs and feet
- Thin, downcurved bill with black upper mandible and yellow lower mandible
- Short tail and wings
- Rounded and plump body shape
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