My apologies for the late report. I made my yearly hike up Slide yesterday morning hoping for Bicknell's Thrush among the other usual characters.The weather was perfect, no wind or clouds in sight. I began at 0630 and finished at 1200. The hike was more quiet than previous years but I chalked that up to going up in the middle of the breeding season when most of the birds were most likely on eggs. I saw/heard the following:
Red-eyed Vireo-3 Least Flycatcher- 2 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher- 2 (birds simultaneously calling below first "lookout" on the left side of the trail) Black-throated Green Warbler- 4 Black-throated Blue Warbler- 6 American Redstart- 2 Blackburnian Warbler- 4 Magnolia Warbler -1 Yellow-rumped Warbler- 5 Blackpoll Warbler- 4 Ovenbird- 7 Black-and-white Warbler- 1 Purple Finch- 1 Dark-eyed Junco- 3 White-throated Sparrow- 4 Hermit Thrush- 1 Swainson's Thrush- 2 (heard and seen close to the summit) Bicknell's Thrush- 3 (maybe 4, birds were heard on the summit and when I stopped to try and see one, one flushed from above me and 2-3 others were zipping around calling and singing. Point blank looks. Wood Thrush- 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch- 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet- 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet- 2 Winter Wren- 5 Black-capped Chickadee- 1 All in all it was a great day! Sean Camillieri -- 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/ --
