5/7/14 Long Lake locations (Hamilton Co.)
A male Black-backed Woodpecker was foraging on a dead snag late this afternoon on the Northville-Placid Trail in Long Lake. I captured several videos of the foraging behavior and posted a couple short clips of the woodpecker eating the larvae of wood-boring beetles on my Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/AdirondackAvian . Another Black-backed Woodpecker called nearby. As I headed back to my car, a Northern Saw-whet Owl began tooting! Two Barred Owls awakened me this morning (it appears they will nest near our home again this year) and an *Ovenbird sang at dawn. At Sabattis Circle Road, I found a singing *Northern Waterthrush and *Black-and-white Warbler. A *Greater Yellowlegs flew in when I was at the Little Tupper Lake outlet - it foraged at the edge of Bog Stream. A Green-winged Teal pair was near the outlet. A Lincoln's Sparrow was singing at Sabattis Bog. A Snowshoe Hare was foraging along Route 30 in Long Lake this morning - now in its summer brown coloration! 5/6/14 Bloomingdale area (Franklin & Essex Counties) Ted Mack and I hiked in the Bloomingdale area yesterday. On my nocturnal drive to meet Ted, I heard *American Bitterns and *Wilson's Snipes at Tupper Lake Marsh. Some of the species found in Bloomingdale: Ruffed Grouse Broad-winged Hawk Mourning Dove - it is remarkable how quickly this species is expanding in the Adirondacks - even into boreal habitat! Black-backed Woodpecker - one heard calling Pileated Woodpecker - pair Merlin - pair Blue-headed Vireo Gray Jay - at least 5 in 3 different locations Boreal Chickadee - 5 (two different locations with 3 and 2) Brown Thrasher Palm Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler - nice view of a foraging male down low in a bush 5/5/14 Long Lake Along Sabattis Circle Road, *Chimney Swifts were observed heading north. Coltsfoot was in bloom along the road - I added a photo to my Facebook page. 5/3/14 Long Lake At 11 p.m. Saturday night, 4 Barred Owls could be heard vocalizing from our house! Joan Collins Long Lake, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
