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    Sedge Wren / Cistothorus platensis

    : No records since the late 1990 before which time Sedge Wren would show up every few years during the summer, often in Jul when a bird would be detected in a grassy freshwater marsh, sing for a few weeks and then stop, effectively vanishing. Nesting was confirmed at least twice, in 1971 and 1996.

    Miscellany: Sedge Wren is one of North America's more nomadic terrestrial birds, with breeding concentrated in widely different portions of its range at different times; late May and June in the upper Midwest and adjacent Canada and July-Sep more widely into the southern and northeastern portions of the breeding range.

    Last Updated: April 28th, 2022