From the bridge on Bangor Vein Road, I saw Hairy Woodpecker, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Eastern Phoebe, Red-eyed Vireo, Common Yellowthroat, American Redstart, and Scarlet Tanager.
My last stop was East Bangor Dam. I noticed a Merlin perched atop a tree on the other side of the water.
I counted 21 Wood Ducks, 4 Green-winged Teal, 2 Double-crested Cormorants, 2 Green Herons, 4 Great Blue Herons, 2 Bald Eagles, a Pileated Woodpecker, an Eastern Phoebe, 3 Bank Swallows, a Brown Thrasher, a Swamp Sparrow, and a Black-and-white Warbler.
On the way back to the car, I stopped to 'spish' a little and heard a pretty loud 'tick' note coming from the marsh. I saw movement in the cattails and followed it. When the bird partially popped into view, I realized it was a Marsh Wren! I quickly grabbed a photo of it before it moved back into the cattails. Over the next 15 minutes or so, I was only able to grab one more photo of it as it continued to stay mostly hidden in the vegetation.
Every once in a while, the bird would sing its high-pitched "trill". It's interesting that this is a really early date for Marsh Wren. Is this just an early migrant or, more unlikely, could this bird have been present all summer? I sent out alerts to birders and drove home. Hopefully, others got to see it or at least hear it.
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