I spent the morning at the Hinesburg Town Forest. The minute I stepped out of the car there was a lot going on. The Hinesburg Town Forest is part of a large forest block with some active patch cuts, as well as a 10 or 20 year old blow down of an old pine plantation that has resulted in about 40 acres of prime shrubland habitat. I had some amazing finds, like a Canada Warbler which I got to see AND here. I also had a Blackburnian that was bathing in a stream so I got to observe it's markings very close up. One ID challenge was a singing American Redstart that looked like a female, but was singing. Allan later cleared up that this was a juvenile male. Still was having trouble distinguishing Blue-headed from Red-eyed Vireos which is something I need to work on. In addition to the observations submitted here, I kept a checklist for a good chunk of the morning, which can be found at:
https://ebird.org/vt/checklist/S69360915
Territorial aggression between multiple males
2 grosbeaks w/ female-like plumage.one seemed to be foraging and the other was following but not doing much
Dropped down to stream to bathe and then flew back up to perch to preen.
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