I conducted the annual Mountain Birdwatch survey of Whiteface Mountain (north) on Thursday, June 25, 2015. Winds were completely calm, but I was in a cloud! It was 50 degrees, but felt colder due to the fog. I always enjoy seeing mammals on the summit (Porcupines, Pine Martens, Snowshoe Hares, Woodchucks! etc.), but the fog was so thick, I couldn't see anything!
Here are the tallies for 2015 (I will also include the 6/27/14, 6/20/13, and 6/23/12 tallies in parenthesis): Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 8 (7, 6, 7) Black-capped Chickadee - 0 (0, 0, 0) Boreal Chickadee - 0 (0, 0, 0) Winter Wren - 7 (8, 13, 11) Bicknell's Thrush - 19 (16, 8, 9) Swainson's Thrush - 17 (13, 15, 18) Hermit Thrush - 0 (0, 0, 0) Blackpoll Warbler - 6 (6, 4, 8) White-throated Sparrow - 13 (14, 16, 17) Fox Sparrow - 0 (0, 0, 2) Red Squirrel - 0 (0, 0,0 ) As I was counting cones for the survey, a female Black-backed Woodpecker was calling and foraging in the dead snags near me - nice views! 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/[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/ --
