Sharon and I are off and running again, this time to Grand Manan Island in New Brunswick, Canada. On the way to our destination, we stopped at Scarborough Marsh in Maine to revisit the sites first detailed to us last year by Alan and Della Wells. We had a wonderful albeit abbreviated visit with the top birds being the Marbled godwit with a Whimbrel in the same field of view in the scope, a nice look at a Virginia rail, and a wonderful view of several Saltmarsh (sharp-tailed) sparrows. (See photo above). Although we know that the term "sharp-tailed" has officially been dropped from this group of sparrows, some old habits are hard to break, and we keep referring to the birds in the older terms.
We are now on our first full day of our trip on Grand Manan and have managed to get decent photos of the second of the "sharp-tailed" sparrows, the Nelson's. (Photo below) We've also had a number of fine sea birds including Greater and Sooty shearwaters, Black guillemots, and Razorbills. All of these sightings have been from shore. We will be out at sea at least two and hopefully three days this week in an attempt to get even more pelagics and get decent shots of some of these birds. We'll keep you posted!
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