Nelson's Sparrow
“Also seen in the Pond cove area was a single Nelson’s Sparrow.”
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Also seen in the Pond cove area was a single Nelson’s Sparrow.
Lastly, along the Eastern Trail Pannes of Scarborough Marsh on June 5 I spotted one Saltmarsh Sparrow and three Nelson’s Sparrows.
One additional notable was a single Nelson’s Sparrow that popped into view while I was watching the swallows and Least Terns dip and dive, its orangish eyebrow and ‘stash’ was aglow.
I also spied a single Nelson’s Sparrow dashing from one haunt to another.
A few additional notes from the field include on June 2 along the Spurwink River I spotted a Short-billed Dowitcher probing the mudflats and I heard the wheezy hissing p-tsssssshhhuk of a Nelson’s Sparrow somewhere out in the marsh.
From the surrounding marsh grasses several secretive Nelson’s Sparrows were singing - their short, unmusical psssssstk calls sounding like miniature bursts of steam escaping tiny pipes.
On this same outing I saw and heard two Nelson’s Sparrows and one Saltmarsh Sparrow.
A few additional notes from the yard and field include on June 6 along the Spurwink River I spotted two Willets and a Short-billed Dowitcher probing the mudflats and I heard the wheezy hissing p-tsssssshhhuk of several Nelson’s Sparrows somewhere out in the marsh.
That same outing brought sightings of two Nelson’s Sparrows and one Saltmarsh Sparrow.
Other birds of note along this stretch of marsh on this summery day included the raspy trills of Nelson’s Sparrows mixed with the chu-weep calls from Semipalmated Plovers.