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:

• 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

   The Sedge Wren is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 985A.