Songbirding

Species in Focus: Sedge Wren

Songbirding

Show Notes

The Sedge Wren is a small, russet coloured energetic songbird found breeding in fields and shallow marshes in many parts of inland North America. Their song consists of several dry-sounding chirps followed by a short trill. Unlike other wren species they tend to be more shy, and without their loud song, can easily go unnoticed. This episode we will be exploring Taquanyah Conservation Area near Cayuga Ontario, in May of 2022. Credits Songbirding: Species in Focus is a Songbirding Studios production. Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter. The Songbirding cover art (Blackburnian Warbler) is by Lauren Helton: https://tinylongwing.carbonmade.com/projects/5344062 Creative Commons music is from Universfield. Learn how to support the show at https://songbirding.com/support

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