Eight other birders and I made the assault on Black Dome Mountain this morning and as of when I left the summit area, at 10:30 AM, the bird was a no-show. There was 4-6 inches of snow at the summit and all tree branches were coated with snow for several hundred feet below the elevation of the summit. If I had to guess, I would think that the bird headed down the south slope and it might be worthwhile searching the vicinity of East Jewett and Colgate Lake to see if anyone has feeders out. Here's hoping that someone tracks it down.
The only real highlights of the hike were two Common Ravens on the hike in, two Brown Creepers, and, at the summit feeding on the abundant Mountain Ash berries, an American Robin. The only finch species we had was a small flock of American Goldfinch. Despite dipping the rosy-finch it was a very worthwhile hike with magnificent views. Finally, on my predawn drive to the trailhead I had both an Eastern Screech Owl and a Barred Owl fly in front of my car (the screech on CR 23C the Barred on CR 56 just east of Maplecrest). Good birding, Corey Finger http://10000birds.com -- 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/ --
