On a June 4, 2017 tour with 2 birders from South Carolina, we found 76 species by visiting Whiteface Mountain at dawn, Bloomingdale areas, several areas in Tupper Lake including the Spring Pond Bog Preserve, Sabattis Circle Road in Long Lake, and nocturnal birding in Long Lake and Tupper Lake. Here is our list (including 19 warbler species):
Canada Goose Ring-necked Duck Common Merganser Ruffed Grouse Wild Turkey Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Chimney Swift Wilson's Snipe - several winnowing! Ring-billed Gull Common Loon - 2 (one at a nest site) and some vocalizing during the night Turkey Vulture Osprey Northern Goshawk Barred Owl - several Belted Kingfisher Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - at a nest site Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Eastern Kingbird Blue-headed Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Gray Jay - 5 (2 birds, and a family of 3) Blue Jay American Crow Common Raven Tree Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Red-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Winter Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet - nice views! Bicknell's Thrush - nice views of singing birds! Many more heard! Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush American Robin European Starling Cedar Waxwing Purple Finch Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Black-and-white Warbler Nashville Warbler Mourning Warbler - nice views of a singing bird; several found Common Yellowthroat American Redstart Northern Parula Magnolia Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Palm Warbler Pine Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Canada Warbler Chipping Sparrow Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Scarlet Tanager Rose-breasted Grosbeak - several Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle We also observed a Red Fox and Snowshoe Hares! On a June 3, 2017 tour with 3 birders (2 from California and 1 from Syracuse, NY) we found 71 species by visiting Whiteface Mountain at dawn (37 degrees with the summit in a cloud - as on 6/2/17!), Bloomingdale locations, Tupper Lake locations including the Spring Pond Bog Preserve, Sabattis Circle Road, and nocturnal birding in Long Lake and Tupper Lake. Here is our list: Canada Goose Ring-necked Duck Ruffed Grouse Wild Turkey Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Wilson's Snipe Common Loon - on nest Turkey Vulture Osprey Bald Eagle Northern Goshawk Broad-winged Hawk Barred Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - nice view Alder Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Blue-headed Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Gray Jay - 5! (2 birds, and a family group with 1 juvenile at Sabattis Bog) Blue Jay American Crow Common Raven Tree Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Red-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Winter Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Eastern Bluebird Bicknell's Thrush - nice view! Many heard Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush American Robin European Starling Cedar Waxwing - suddenly everywhere (arrival date!) Purple Finch Red Crossbill - 1 flew over us on Oregon Plains Road (calling)! (A good sign of things to come this summer/winter with a fantastic cone crop developing!) Ovenbird Black-and-white Warbler Nashville Warbler Mourning Warbler - many! Common Yellowthroat American Redstart Northern Parula Magnolia Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Palm Warbler Pine Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Canada Warbler Song Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Scarlet Tanager Rose-breasted Grosbeak Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle On a June 2, 2017 tour with 2 birders from downstate NY we found 63 species by visiting Whiteface Mountain at dawn (37 degrees with the summit in a cloud!), Bloomingdale locations, Tupper Lake locations including the Spring Pond Bog Preserve, and Sabattis Circle Road. Here is our list: Canada Goose Mallard Ring-necked Duck Ruffed Grouse - in display along Sabattis Circle Road! Wild Turkey Mourning Dove Chimney Swift Sandhill Crane - 3!!! (2 adults with a small, yellow, fluffy baby!) in Tupper Lake Ring-billed Gull Common Loon - 2 (one on a nest with its mate in the water nearby) Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle - 2 different adults Broad-winged Hawk Belted Kingfisher Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Blue-headed Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Gray Jay - family of 5 at the Spring Pond Bog Preserve! Blue Jay American Crow Common Raven Black-capped Chickadee Red-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Winter Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Bicknell's Thrush - nice view! Many heard Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush American Robin Purple Finch American Goldfinch Ovenbird Black-and-white Warbler Nashville Warbler Mourning Warbler - nice views! Common Yellowthroat American Redstart Northern Parula Magnolia Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler - singing on Whiteface Mountain! (one of the people on the trip had a dish and recorded the Bay-breasted Warbler) Blackburnian Warbler Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Palm Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Canada Warbler Song Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow - nice view of a singing bird in the open at Bloomingdale Bog! Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle We also found Porcupines! On a June 1, 2017 half-day tour with 4 birders (2 from Pottersville and 2 from Olmsteadville), we found 58 species by visiting Shaw Pond, Route 30, Sabattis Circle Road, and Tupper Lake locations. Here is our list: Canada Goose Mallard - family on Shaw Pond Pied-billed Grebe - vocalizing on Shaw Pond Sandhill Crane - 2 adults in Tupper Lake Ring-billed Gull - attacking an adult Bald Eagle with a fish! Common Loon - 2 (one at a nest site) American Bittern - at Shaw Pond - nice view! Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Osprey Bald Eagle - 2 different adults Broad-winged Hawk Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Hairy Woodpecker Merlin - hunting on the light pole at dawn along Route 28N in Long Lake! Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird - 2 (one attacking a Blue Jay at the inlet of Little Tupper Lake in Long Lake and one on the causeway in Tupper Lake) Gray Jay - family of 3 at Sabattis Bog! Blue Jay American Crow Common Raven Tree Swallow Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Winter Wren Marsh Wren - singing in the marsh at Shaw Pond (nice view!) - this is a rare bird for Hamilton Co.! The bird had nesting material. Golden-crowned Kinglet Veery - 1 singing along Sabattis Circle Road Swainson's Thrush - 1 Hermit Thrush American Robin European Starling Purple Finch Ovenbird Black-and-white Warbler Nashville Warbler Mourning Warbler - nice views! Common Yellowthroat American Redstart Northern Parula Magnolia Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Palm Warbler Pine Warbler - nice view! Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Canada Warbler Song Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Scarlet Tanager Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle We also observed 2 River Otters in Shaw Pond! My clients from 6/2/17 visited Shaw Pond and said there are multiple Marsh Wrens singing! (They recorded them also.) 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