5/17/14 Sabattis Circle Road & Perkins Clearing
There was one *Yellow-bellied Flycatcher at Sabattis Bog this morning. This is the earliest arrival date I've ever recorded, and it appears to be an early record date for Hamilton Co. also. I photographed a singing Nashville Warbler - 4 photos on my Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/AdirondackAvian . An Olive-sided Flycatcher called from across the bog. At a wetland in the Perkins Clearing area, I found a solo singing Olive-sided Flycatcher (females are likely not back yet). I posted 6 photos to my Facebook page of the flycatcher and one photo of the habitat. I found *Eastern Kingbirds at two different wetlands. A male Northern Flicker was excavating a nest hole in a dead snag about 25 off the ground. Similar to behavior I have observed in Black-backed Woodpeckers, the female flew in calling, which prompted the male to fly out of the hole - the female then inspected his work by poking just her head into the hole! (6 photos of the male, and 3 of the female are posted to my Facebook page) We had torrential rain in Long Lake yesterday and during the night. I thought about all the early-to-return ground nesters with ruined nests - Palm Warblers, Hermit Thrushes, Ruffed Grouse, Amer. Woodcocks, etc. At Sabattis Bog, Palm Warblers were flying around in groups loudly vocalizing - it was sad. The bog was full of water. 5/16/14 Sabattis Circle Road I took several photographs of an Amer. Beaver chewing a woody-looking plant as it floated on Little Tupper Lake before the rain began yesterday. I switched the iPhone over to video and while it was recording the beaver, a migrant *Blackpoll Warbler began to sing behind me in the shrubby vegetation at the outlet! I had wonderful views of the warbler, but it moved too quickly to get any decent photographs. It appears 5/17 may be a record early date for Blackpoll Warbler in Hamilton Co.. An *Alder Flycatcher vocalized from the Little Tupper Lake outlet area. 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/[email protected]/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/ --
