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Sedge Wren 1992 Jul-Sep Wyoming Recorded at about 40' in grassy edge of Phelps Swamp — closer observation not possible because of swamp and pond between the bird and observer. The bird was recorded in very dense fog and was identified chiefly by its call — a dry, staccato "chap-chap-chap-chap" which the bird uttered every 10-15 seconds for 5-10 minutes. Mostly the calls were in fours, but a few were in threes. (At no time did I hear it add the "chrrr" at the end of the calls.) I went back to the swamp after the fog lifted, but could not locate the bird. I am familiar with the Sedge Wren call. having heard it several times in the 1950s and 1960s when it was not quite as scarce as it is today. I have also heard it on probable breeding sites in Michigan. I recognized the call immediately, but still checked it with tapes when I got home, and I was still positive of the identification. To the best of my knowledge this is the 1st Co. record. Bill Reid
Sedge Wren 1993 Oct-Dec Lancaster 1 near Washington Boro 11/13 was the first Co. record since 1975 (J. Heller)
Sedge Wren 1993 Apr-Jun Forest 1 singing in Penoke Swamp (no dates) (Joe Hovis)
Sedge Wren 1995 Apr-Jun Delaware 1 on 5/1 behind the airport (no details) (Bill Stocku)
Sedge Wren 1995 Apr-Jun Union 1 on 5/13 (Joe Gyekis)
Sedge Wren 1996 Jul-Sep Adams 1 on 6/16 at Gettysburg National Military Park (no details)(Peter Robinson, Jeff Wentz)
Sedge Wren 1996 Apr-Jun Carbon 1 on 5/11 at Beltzville SP (no details)(David Hawk, Wes Beltz)
Sedge Wren 1996 Apr-Jun Northampton 2 on 5/21 near Jacobsburg SP were present through June (Rick Wiltraut)
Sedge Wren 1996 Jul-Sep Northampton The pair from the previous quarter (Apr-Jun) at Jacobsburg may have produced more than one brood (Rick Wiltraut)
Sedge Wren 1996 Oct-Dec Mercer 2 on 10/25 near West Middlesex apparently bred at this site this past summer (Paul Rodewald)
Sedge Wren 1996 Apr-Jun Lancaster 1 on 5/29 at Washington Boro (no details)(Bob Schutsky)
Sedge Wren 1997 Oct-Dec Mercer 1 on 10/18 at Williamson Rd. (Troyers)
Sedge Wren 1997 Apr-Jun Allegheny 1 on 5/10 at Imperial (ted Floyd)
Sedge Wren 1997 Apr-Jun Dauphin 1 on 5/16-18 at Haeshey North (Nancy Cladel)
Sedge Wren 1997 Apr-Jun Erie 1 on 5/17 at Presque Isle SP (Jerry McWilliams)
Sedge Wren 1997 Apr-Jun Lancaster 1 on 5/10 at Middle Creek WMA (Randy Miller)
Sedge Wren 1997 Apr-Jun Westmoreland 2 on 5/14 near Latrobe remained about a month (Tim Vechter)
Sedge Wren 1997 Jul-Sep Crawford 1 on 7/12 south of Conneaut Marsh (Robert Leberman, Ronald Leberman)
Sedge Wren 1997 Oct-Dec Dauphin 1 on 8/2-9/5 north of Hershey (Nancy Cladel)
Sedge Wren 1997 Oct-Dec Indiana 1 on 10/4 at Yellow Creek SP(Greg Cook, Margaret Higbee, Carol Guba)
Sedge Wren 1998 Apr-Jun Dauphin 1 on 5/3-6/19 at Hershey North (Nancy Cladel)
Sedge Wren 1998 Jul-Sep Westmoreland 1 on 7/1 at Delmont (Dennis Lauffer)
Sedge Wren 1998 Oct-Dec Bucks 1 on 10/25 at Peace Valley Park (August Mirabella)
Sedge Wren 1999 Oct-Dec Butler 1 on 9/4 at Glades (Suzanne Butcher, Ruth Crawford)(No desc.)
Sedge Wren 2000 Oct-Dec Lancaster 1 on 10/11 at Bainbridge (no desc.)
Sedge Wren 2000 Jul-Sep Lackawanna 1 on 6/1 near Newton/Ransom (Bill Reid, Jim Hoyson)(no desc)
Sedge Wren 2001 Jul-Sep Armstrong 1 near Worthington 6/25-26 (John Fedak)
Sedge Wren 2001 Apr-Jun Erie 1 on 5/5 at Presque Isle State Park (Randy Stringer)
Sedge Wren 2001 Jul-Sep Clearfield 1 seen in late August at Curwensville Lake in a small patch of weeds near the beach (Eugene Zielinski)
Sedge Wren 2002 Aug-Nov Bucks 1 on 11/12 and 11/13. This is the 4th report for the county in 50 years
Sedge Wren 2002 Aug-Nov McKean 1 on 8/13-14 at Eldred Swamp. 1 from the beginning of the quarter until 10/5 in Bullis Mills (Dave Wilton, Devich Farbotnik, & John Fedak)
Sedge Wren 2002 Jul Crawford Found 6/30 at Conneautville by T.C. Nicolls
Sedge Wren 2002 Jul Crawford 1 seen & heard at Conneautville in June (Thomas Clare Nicolles)
Sedge Wren 2002 Aug-Nov McKean 3 heard (& 1 seen) on 8/2 at Bullis Mills Swamp (John Fedak, Dave Wilton)
Sedge Wren 2003 Jun-Jul Butler A colony of this rare bird continues to slowly increase from 6 pairs in 2001 to 7 pairs in 2002 and 8 pairs this season (Gene Wilhelm)
Sedge Wren 2003 Aug-Nov Erie One 10/6 Presque Isle SP (B. Coulter)
Sedge Wren 2004 Mar-May Erie 1 on 5/11 at Presque Isle SP (Ben Coulter, Ed Kwater, Jerry McWilliams)
Sedge Wren 2004 Mar-May Lancaster 1 at Middle Creek WMA 5/19 (Tom Amico)
Sedge Wren 2004 Jun-Jul Crawford listed as ‘possible' breeding (no loc)
Sedge Wren 2004 Jun-Jul Lackawanna 1 several times on territory in Newton Twp. (Rick Koval)
Sedge Wren 2004 Jun-Jul York nest found (see photo) in hayfield (Randy Phillips), but not believed to have been used.
Sedge Wren 2004 Aug-Nov Crawford One at Custards, Conneaut Marsh 9/28 (John Fedak, Lisa Fedak) no desc
Sedge Wren 2004 Aug-Nov Westmoreland One heard near Slickville 8/25 (Dennis Lauffer)
Sedge Wren 2004 Jun-Jul Erie 1 singing at the Erie International Airport on 6/20, but the field where the bird was found was cut the following week( Jerry McWilliams)
Sedge Wren 2005 Jun-Jul Elk a territorial bird seen carrying a fecal sac 7/30 (John Fedak)
Sedge Wren 2005 Aug-Nov Bucks one was at Pine Run Dam 9/24 (August Mirabella), and probably the same bird again there 9/27 (Devich Farbotnik, Jason Horn), another was present at Peace Valley Park 9/26-9/27 (August Mirabella) and another or a different bird at a different Peace Valley location 10/3 (Bob Shaffer, August Mirabella)
Sedge Wren 2005 Aug-Nov Indiana one was at Yellow Creek SP 8/26-8/27 (Carol Guba, Margaret Higbee, Scott Speedy, m. obs.)
Sedge Wren 2005 Aug-Nov Northampton one was found along a small stream in a mixed patch of cattails and jewelweed near Nazareth 9/5 (Rick Wiltraut)
Sedge Wren 2005 Jun-Jul Philadelphia one found at Spring Lane 6/29 (Chuck Hetzel)
Sedge Wren 2005 Jun-Jul Crawford singing male in meadow south of Mumford Rd. 6/29 (Robert Leberman - atlas report)
Sedge Wren 2006 Jun-Jul Crawford One present in 26 June 2006(Cameron Rutt)
Sedge Wren 2006 Jun-Jul Venango One discovered near Clintonville 7/9 (Cameron Rutt).
Sedge Wren 2006 Aug-Nov Lebanon Two were found singing at Middlecreek on 8/6 on Chapel Road (Tom Raub).
Sedge Wren 2006 Aug-Nov Bucks One on 10/1 at Pine Run 10/1 (Ken Reiker)and one on 10/14 (Cameron Rutt). One on 10/7 at Peace Valley Park (Ken Reiker). One on 10/9 at Core Creek Park (Bill Keim)
Sedge Wren 2006 Aug-Nov Lancaster At least three birds were present for several weeks in August and were observed singing on territory (Tom Raub m.obs.)
Sedge Wren 2006 Mar-May Juniata one 5/5-5/6 in Oakland Mills (Tom Johnson, et al.).
Sedge Wren 2007 Aug-Nov Bucks One 9/16 (Devich Farbotnik) and another 10/10 (Rob Fergus) at Pine Run Dam.
Sedge Wren 2007 Aug-Nov Erie one at Presque Isle State Park 9/3 (Randy Stringer).
Sedge Wren 2007 Aug-Nov Washington one at Greencove Wetlands 9/22 (ph. Ross Gallardy) was the third for the county and first since 1987.
Sedge Wren 2007 Aug-Nov Westmoreland one near Jones Mills 9/3 (Len and Linda Hess).
Sedge Wren 2008 Jun-Jul York 6/22 in a hayfield along Tunnell Hill Rd. (Bill Hintze), and a pairon the morning of 6/23 responded to playback (ChuckBerthoud), not found 6/24 following mowing.
Sedge Wren 2008 Jun-Jul Crawford Found at SGL 277 on 7/6 (Jim Flynn)
Sedge Wren 2008 Jun-Jul Erie Heard and observed carrying nesting material near West Greene on 7/25 and 7/29 (Chris Lundberg)
Sedge Wren 2008 Jun-Jul Somerset Singing bird heard north of Jennerstown 6/22 (Mike Lanzone)
Sedge Wren 2009 Jun-Jul Crawford At Erie National Wildlife Refuge along Rt. 173 on 7/19 (Ron Leberman).
Sedge Wren 2009 Aug-Nov Bucks one at Pine Run Dam 9/12 (Devich Farbotnik, Ken Rieker).
Sedge Wren 2010 Mar-May Luzerne one in Dorrance Twp. 5/13 (Rick Koval).
Sedge Wren 2010 Aug-Nov Bucks one at Peace Valley Park 10/2 (ph.August Mirabella).
Sedge Wren 2011 Mar-May Crawford one at Geneva Marsh 5/1 (Ryan Ford, Darrea Masters).
Sedge Wren 2012 Mar-May Clinton one at Mill Hall Wetlands 4/15 (Jim Dunn).
Sedge Wren 2012 Aug-Nov Allegheny one at Harrison Hills Park 9/16-17 (Paul Hess)
Sedge Wren 2012 Jun-Jul Erie 2 singing at the Fairview Business Park from 6/2 to at least 6/9 (Drew Mortensen, m.ob.).
Sedge Wren 2012 Aug-Nov Montgomery a late breeding pair at the Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust 8/13-10/14 raised at least 3 young (Paul Driver)
Sedge Wren 2012 Aug-Nov Westmoreland one captured at Powdermill Nature Reserve 10/4 (Blane Carnes, eBird).
Sedge Wren 2013 Jun-Jul Mercer one bird in a wet spot in a hay field along E. Zahnizer Rd. 6/2-15 (Neil Troyer, m.ob.).
Sedge Wren 2013 Aug-Nov Montgomery two potentially late-breeding birds at Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust 8/1-9/2 (Paul Driver) were not confirmed breeding, and one again there11/10 (Paul Driver).
Sedge Wren 2013 Aug-Nov Bucks one at Pine Run Dam 10/16 (Ken Rieker)
Sedge Wren 2014 Mar-May Crawford one south of Geneva on private property 5/14 (Matt Sabatine, eBird)
Sedge Wren 2014 Aug-Nov Chester one at Hibernia County Park 10/17-20 (Arthur Steinberger, m.ob.)
Sedge Wren 2014 Aug-Nov Lancaster one at Octoraro Res. 10/19 (Tom Raub)
Sedge Wren 2014 Aug-Nov Lawrence up to 3 at Black Swamp 10/10-17 (ph. Geoff Malosh, Shannon Thompson)
Sedge Wren 2014 Mar-May Lebanon one at Fort Indiantown Gap 5/15 (Dave McNaughton) and again 5/20-21 (Dave McNaughton, Jarod Derr, Chris Bortz, Timothy Becker).
Sedge Wren 2014 Aug-Nov Mercer one at an undisclosed location 9/15-19 (Neil Troyer).
Sedge Wren 2015 Aug-Nov Montgomery one at Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust 10/18 (Paul Driver)
Sedge Wren 2015 Aug-Nov Northumberland one at Warrior Run Wetlands 10/23 (Andy Keister).
Sedge Wren 2016 Aug-Nov Montgomery at the Pennypack Ecological RestorationTrust 9/18-22 (Paul Driver, m.ob.).
Sedge Wren 2017 Aug-Nov Montgomery breeding pair and young continuingfrom the summer to 10/15 at Gwynedd Wildlife Preserve (MattJewell, Kenneth Rieker, et al.).
Sedge Wren 2017 Mar-May Crawford one at Miller Ponds 5/18 (Kendall Zook) and5/23 (Ross Gallardy)
Sedge Wren 2017 Mar-May Lancaster one at Wood's Edge Park 3/7 (Josh Lefever, Mike Epler, Zachary Millen), ninth county record.
Sedge Wren 2017 Jun-Jul Crawford relocated 7/9 at same location as spring season at Pymatuning SP2017, Miller's Ponds (Mark Vass), then throughout the month (m.ob.), including 2 on 7/16 (Jeff McDonald, Lauren Nagoda), with the last observation 7/22 (Andy Keister)
Sedge Wren 2017 Jun-Jul Montgomery a pair at Gwynedd Wildlife Preserve 7/23 continued through end of period (Matt Jewell, m.ob, ph.).
Sedge Wren 2018 Aug-Nov Bucks one at Pine Run Dam 10/8 (Mike Lyman)
Sedge Wren 2018 Jun-Jul Lawrence one heard at the Nelson Rd Grassland 7/4 (Clark Trauterman, audio).
Sedge Wren 2018 Aug-Nov Lancaster one at Conejohela Flats 9/30 (Bruce Carl, Eric Witmer)
Sedge Wren 2018 Aug-Nov Montgomery multiple birds at Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust (Stephen Shreiner, Rob Schuyler, Paul Driver)
Sedge Wren 2018 Aug-Nov Northampton up to 6 at Minsi Lake 10/8-11/11 (Matt Sabatine, Jason Horn)
Sedge Wren 2018 Aug-Nov Perry one at Brig. Gen. Frank E. Tressler Bird and Game Sanctuary 10/11 (ph. Steve Schmit).
Sedge Wren 2018 Mar-May Monroe one photographed at Lynchwood Lake 5/3 (Bruce Johnson).
Sedge Wren 2019 Aug-Nov Mercer one at Clark's Mills 9/28 (Michael Williams)
Sedge Wren 2019 Aug-Nov Montgomery one at Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust 10/20 (vr. Paul Driver)
Sedge Wren 2019 Aug-Nov Philadelphia one at abandoned Island Green Country Club and Golf Course 10/6 (George Armistead, Patrick McGill)
Sedge Wren 2019 Aug-Nov Somerset one reported at the Flight 93 Memorial 7/22 (Warren Wicks) prompted a follow-up visit 8/19 that netted a probable breeding pair (ph. Jeff Payne, Chris Payne), one of which was reported to at least 8/22.
Sedge Wren 2019 Jun-Jul Crawford two along Thatcher Rd east of Conneautville 6/17 (Adam Erb), 6/24 (Claire Nicolls, Kendall Zook), 6/26 (Claire Nicolls), and 6/28 (Justin Berkheimer, James Flynn)
Sedge Wren 2019 Jun-Jul Somerset one singing at Flight 93 Memorial 7/22 (Warren Wicks, eBird).
Sedge Wren 2019 Mar-May Crawford one near Conneautville 5/11 (Adam Erb, Kendall Zook).
Sedge Wren 2020 Mar-May Chester One at Coatesville 5/24 and 5/27 (Brian Byrnes, Joe Sebastiani)
Sedge Wren 2020 Mar-May Erie one at Presque Isle SP 5/7 (Justin Berkheimer)
Sedge Wren 2020 Mar-May Mercer one at Shenango Reservoir 5/14 (Kim Springer, Jim Springer).
Sedge Wren 2020 Aug-Nov Bucks one at Silver Lake Park 9/27 (ph. Dawn Deener)
Sedge Wren 2020 Aug-Nov Chester one at Kirkwood Preserve 10/22-23 (Ross Gallardy)
Sedge Wren 2020 Aug-Nov Erie continued from the summer at Erie Bluffs SP to at least 8/16 (m.ob.)
Sedge Wren 2020 Aug-Nov Lebanon up to 3 at Middle Creek W.M.A. 8/1-17 (Pat and Richard Williams, et al.)
Sedge Wren 2020 Aug-Nov Mercer one at Hidden Fields, Shenango Res. 10/10 (Michael Williams)
Sedge Wren 2020 Aug-Nov Montgomery one at Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust 9/20 (Paul Driver).
Sedge Wren 2020 Mar-May Cambria one at Prince Gallitzin SP 5/13 (Michael David)
Sedge Wren 2020 Jun-Jul Crawford one heard singing in the Pymatuning SP- Wilson Road area 6/4 (Tomas Nonnenmacher, Michael William)
Sedge Wren 2020 Jun-Jul Erie at least two pairs took up residency in grassy field at Erie Bluffs SP not far from parking area 7/17 thru season (John Campbell, m.ob.)
Sedge Wren 2020 Jun-Jul Juniata found on Flint Rd. near Thompsontown, reported 6/6 (Marvin Troyer, Paul Renno) and stayed until at least 6/20 (m.ob.)
Sedge Wren 2020 Jun-Jul Lancaster found briefly singing in sedge and cattail area north of Manheim 7/28-29 (Bruce Carl, m.ob.)
Sedge Wren 2020 Jun-Jul Lebanon one singing at WMA 7/27 (Steve Ferreri, Ted Nichols II)
Sedge Wren 2020 Jun-Jul Perry one continuing 6/4 (Jonathan DeBalko, eBird) thru at least 6/7 (Bill Oyler, eBird) from roadside near Blain.
Sedge Wren 2020 Mar-May Somerset one at Payne Property 4/28 (Jeff Payne).
Sedge Wren 2021 Jun-Jul Crawford one calling from private field 6/1 near Conneautville (Joshua Heiser).
Sedge Wren 2021 Mar-May Crawford one at Conneaut Marsh, McMichael Rd. 5/13-24 (Josh Heiser, Andrew Markel, Sara Busch, Jason Horn, Michael Williams)
Sedge Wren 2021 Mar-May Elk one at Rasselas Marsh 5/8 (Brendyn Baptiste)
Sedge Wren 2021 Mar-May Erie one at Presque Isle SP 5/12 (Jerry McWilliams).
Sedge Wren 2021 Aug-Nov Allegheny one at Hartwood Acres 9/5-6 (David Yeany II)
Sedge Wren 2021 Aug-Nov Bucks one at Pine Run Dam 10/17 (Jason Horn, Matthew Sabatine)
Sedge Wren 2021 Aug-Nov Montgomery one at Wissahickon Waterfowl Preserve 9/12-19 (vr. Redmond Brubaker) and one at Gwynedd Wildlife Preserve 10/3-4 (Rebecca Wilson)
Sedge Wren 2021 Aug-Nov Philadelphia one at Benjamin Rush SP 9/25 (Patrick McGill).
Sedge Wren 2022 Jun-Jul Bucks one singing 7/22 at Pine Run Dam was enjoyed by birders that day and the next (Andrew Albright).
Sedge Wren 2022 Mar-May Lackawanna one at Archbald SP 5/1 (D. Schreck).
Sedge Wren 2022 Aug-Nov Chester one at East Coventry Nature Preserve 9/26 (ph. Eric Hughes) and one at Pickering Preserve 10/18 (Josh Graham)
Sedge Wren 2022 Aug-Nov Cumberland one at SGL 169 from 8/10-11 (Chris Payne, Doris Brookens)
Sedge Wren 2022 Aug-Nov Lancaster one at Middle Creek WMA 8/12 (Cathleen Wetzel)
Sedge Wren 2022 Aug-Nov Luzerne 3 at Plymouth Flats 9/26 (Rick Koval) with at least one continuing to 10/16
Sedge Wren 2022 Aug-Nov Montgomery one at Wissahickon Waterfowl Preserve 10/15-16 (Jack McBrearty)
Sedge Wren 2022 Aug-Nov Philadelphia one at Pennypack on the Delaware 10/16 (Patrick McGill).
Sedge Wren 2022-2023 Dec-Feb Montgomery one at Valley Forge NHP 12/8 (Paul Driver, m.ob.), a first winter county record.
Sedge Wren 2023 Jun-Jul Carbon one heard and recorded on 6/16 in a gated community, the Indiana Lake Neighborhood, Albrightsville (Dan Michler)
Sedge Wren 2023 Jun-Jul Mercer one found on 6/17 along Wise Road (Gary Elderbroom, Carrie Kress) and seen through 6/24 (Brian Miller, Bill Winkler, ph, m.ob.).
Sedge Wren 2023 Aug-Nov Allegheny one at North Park 8/15 (Zachary Vaughan)
Sedge Wren 2023 Aug-Nov Bucks one at Bradford Dam 9/25-28 (ph. Jeremiah Cooper), and another at Pine Run Dam 10/10 (ph. Kenneth Rieker)
Sedge Wren 2023 Aug-Nov Chester one at Kirkwood Preserve 10/9 (Jeff Kenney)
Sedge Wren 2023 Aug-Nov Erie one at the Sidewalk Trail 10/11 (Eric Hall) and another at Gull Point 10/29-30 (Jason Bojczyk)
Sedge Wren 2023 Aug-Nov Lehigh one at Leaser Lake 9/21 (Elizabeth Brensinger)
Sedge Wren 2023 Aug-Nov Montgomery one at the Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust 9/30 (Josh Cooper)
Sedge Wren 2023 Aug-Nov Philadelphia one at Bartram's Garden 10/11-12 (Ben Filreis).
Sedge Wren 2023-2024 Nov-Feb Bucks one at Pine Run Reservoir 12/23-26 (Devich Farbotnik).
Sedge Wren 2024 Mar-May Chester one at Kirkwood Preserve 3/4-16 (Aaron Coolman, m.ob.)
Sedge Wren 2024 Mar-May Erie three reports from Presque Isle State Park; one on Sidewalk Trail 4/25 (Eric Hall), one between breakwaters 14 and 15 on 4/29 (Jason Bojczyk), and one along Big Pond 5/19 (Elizabeth McQuaid).