On a June 27, 2015 tour with a birder from NYC and a birder from Florida, we found 62 species by visiting Massawepie Mire, Spring Pond Bog, and Sabattis Circle Road - all 3 locations are Important Bird Areas (IBAs). It was a pleasant surprise to find White-winged Crossbills - at least two flew across the bog at Massawepie from the South Branch of the Grass River. Later, I heard more near the same river. With the great cone crop on the spruces (Black, Red, and White), and Balsam Fir, it could be an exciting winter for finches! It was also thrilling to see two Common Loon chicks riding on the back of one of the two adults. We have been inundated with rain, and I think it will be a tough nesting year for many bird species. Here is our list of species:
Mallard Ring-necked Duck Ruffed Grouse Wild Turkey Common Loon - 4! (pair with two chicks) Broad-winged Hawk Chimney Swift - 3 Ruby-throated Hummingbird Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - nest! Hairy Woodpecker Black-backed Woodpecker - heard calling and drumming across the bog Northern Flicker Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Blue-headed Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Gray Jay - 5 including a juvenile Blue Jay American Crow Common Raven Tree Swallow Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Red-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Winter Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Veery Hermit Thrush American Robin European Starling Cedar Waxwing Ovenbird Black-and-white Warbler Nashville Warbler Mourning Warbler - beautiful views! Common Yellowthroat American Redstart Northern Parula Magnolia Warbler Blackburnian Warbler - nice views! Chestnut-sided Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Palm Warbler - nice views! Pine Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler - nice views! Black-throated Green Warbler Canada Warbler - nice views! Chipping Sparrow Song Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow - nice views! Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Scarlet Tanager Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Purple Finch White-winged Crossbill - likely 4 (2 vocalizing and flying over the mire, and more heard near the South Branch of the Grass River while we were at the bridge). I added photos of the loons, Mourning Warbler, and sunrise over Long Lake on my Facebook page. On a June 26, 2015 Dawn Tour up Whiteface Mountain with a birder from Texas and a birder from Saranac Lake, NY, we found 58 species birding in high and low elevation boreal habitat and mixed habitat areas. Here is our list: Ruffed Grouse Wild Turkey Broad-winged Hawk American Woodcock - 4! Mourning Dove Barred Owl Hairy Woodpecker - nest! Black-backed Woodpecker - at least 7! (3 observed at a nest site - 2 adults and a young male in the cavity) Northern Flicker - nest! Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Blue-headed Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Gray Jay - at least 4 that came to hands for raisins! Blue Jay American Crow Common Raven Tree Swallow Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Boreal Chickadee - nice views of a foraging bird on Whiteface! Red-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Winter Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Eastern Bluebird Bicknell's Thrush - nice views! (Many singing and calling birds.) Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush American Robin European Starling Cedar Waxwing Ovenbird Black-and-white Warbler Nashville Warbler Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat American Redstart Northern Parula Magnolia Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Blackpoll Warbler - views Black-throated Blue Warbler Palm Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Chipping Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Indigo Bunting Bobolink Red-winged Blackbird Purple Finch I added photos of Bicknell's Thrush, the sunrise on Whiteface, baby birds (Hairy Woodpecker, Gray Jay, & Northern Flicker), and a Black-backed Woodpecker pair feeding a young male at a nest cavity, to my Facebook page. On a June 24, 2015 tour with a couple from Florida (& Willsboro, NY), we found 55 species by visiting boreal habitat areas of Newcomb, Minerva, and Long Lake. Here is our list: Ruffed Grouse - with young! Wild Turkey Sharp-shinned Hawk Broad-winged Hawk - a couple including a nest site Ruby-throated Hummingbird Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 4 nests! Hairy Woodpecker Black-backed Woodpecker - at least 5 (two different nest sites) Pileated Woodpecker Olive-sided Flycatcher - nice views! Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - nice views! Alder Flycatcher - nice views! Least Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Blue-headed Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay American Crow Common Raven Tree Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Red-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Winter Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Eastern Bluebird Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush American Robin Cedar Waxwing Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Black-and-white Warbler Nashville Warbler Common Yellowthroat American Redstart Northern Parula Magnolia Warbler Blackburnian Warbler - views of a pair! Chestnut-sided Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Palm Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Canada Warbler Chipping Sparrow Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Scarlet Tanager Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Purple Finch I added photos of the Black-backed Woodpecker nest site, Olive-sided Flycatcher, and Yellow-bellied Flycatcher to my Facebook page. Joan Collins Editor, New York Birders Long Lake, NY (315) 244-7127 cell (518) 624-5528 home http://www.adirondackavianexpeditions.com/ http://www.facebook.com/AdirondackAvian -- 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/ --
