Field Ornithology 2020 - Day 4

Started off at Delta Park and then finished my morning at Shelburne Bay fishing access and a short walk along the Ti-Haul trail by the LaPlatte TNC property. I intentionally spent more time out on the shoreline at Delta Park, as well as visiting Shelburne Bay to get more experience with water birds I hadn't seen on day 1. I was rewarded with good views of Herring, Ring-billed, and Greater Black-backed Gulls to get good comparisons between the three. I also got to hear a Marsh Wren in exactly the habitat you would expect -- marshy habitat in a patch of reeds. ID challenges included a possible Chipping Sparrow or Pine Warbler, which Allan helped clear up as a Pine Warbler. Those birds really are so tied to habitat -- the singing bird in question was in a large pine stand! Also got to hear a lot of catbirds along the Ti-Haul trail -- good scrubby habitat there -- but am still having trouble distinguishing them. Plus there was another weird mewing sound I heard that didn't seem like a catbird, but I wasn't sure what it was. Unfortunately, every time I tried to get a recording it would stop for a long period of time.

While not every species uploaded to iNat is in eBird as well, my eBird checklists at Delta Park were:
https://ebird.org/vt/checklist/S69405597
https://ebird.org/vt/checklist/S69407701

My checklist at Shelburne Bay area was:
https://ebird.org/vt/checklist/S69412814

Posted on May 24, 2020 01:29 AM by lizamorse