This morning I was birding along a pond edge in Southern Albemarle
County. There had been a House Wren in the vicinity, and so when a
wren perched in in a tangle of short willows and marsh grass, I
expected to see that as I focused my binoculars. Surprisingly, the
bird was not a House Wren, but instead had streaked back, wings and
tail and brownish nape. There was some supercilium, but not as
prominent as a Marsh Wren, more common here. I have some photos,
which are not great, but if anyone wants to see them they can, just
contact me directly, as I don't know how to post photos on the list
serv. Sedge Wrens bred in southern Albemarle County back in the
1960's but were seemingly extirpated from the county when the wet
meadow in which they nested was drained. Stauffer Miller
