[nysbirds-l] Bicknell's Thrush/Red Crossbill/Sandhill Crane baby!/Bay-breasted Warbler/Nesting Marsh Wrens in Long Lake(!) & more
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
[nysbirds-l] Bicknell's Thrush/Red Crossbill/Sandhill Crane baby!/Bay-breasted Warbler/Nesting Marsh Wrens in Long Lake(!) & more
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
