Drove around this WMA on the bay side of the Eastern Shore peninsula
(opposite side form Chincoteague, about) this morning. Saw and heard my
first Marsh Wren of the year and only my second one ever. Didn't get a very
good look, though. ID'd more by song that appearance. Also, saw the typical
gulls, immature Bald Eagles, a Common Yellowthroat, three tern species
(Forster's, Common, and Least), Dunlin,a Baltimore Oriole, and others.
Chincoteague today turned up a Blue Grosbeak in the same spot he was in
yesterday, another Baltimore Oriole, an Orchard Oriole,a Chestnut-sided
Warbler (ID'd by voice), Brown-headed Nuthatches, and a couple of
Tricolored Herons (one on the wildlife loop and a couple around Tom's
Cove). Also saw a D.P. Fox Squirrel and a couple of ponies.
Alyssa Freeman
Richmond, VA
