All,
I went to two more atlas blocks in Chenango Co today. The first I will not
disclose the location because I stumbled upon a NORTHERN GOSHAWK. I trust
all people on these listservs but you never know if there is someone
trolling the web and the NOGO is a sensitive species. I was listening for
red crossbills and swainson's thrush in a dense Norway Spruce forest, of
which I found neither, when I heard the sharp calls of the Northern
Goshawk. I started to high tail down the trail to my car as I know these
birds can attack. Plus I didn't want to disturb them. When it stopped
calling, I looked back and it was perched on a horizontal branch in a
Norway Spruce in plain view, probably 150 yards or so away. I got great
views of this spectacular bird but only spent a little time watching so as
to not disturb further. I presume there was a nest given the behavior but I
didn't look for it and only saw the one bird. The other atlas block I did
was Beaver Meadows State Forest and had no NOGO encounters there.
In total, I travelled about 10 miles through mainly mixed forests of
northern hardwoods, white and red pine, hemlock and of course large plots
of almost pure mature Norway Spruce. Again, like New Michigan Forest and
vicinity, aside from the OVENBIRD, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS were the most
abundant warbler. I had 58 birds in about 10 miles with 56 singing males
and 2 females. OVENBIRDS and RED-EYED VIREOS are the two most abundant
birds even in deep coniferous forest. I had 66 RED-EYED VIREOS, and 73
OVENBIRDS. It was also midday so I believe some birds likely weren't
singing.
I still haven't been able to come up with any RED CROSSBILLS or a singing
SWAINSON'S THRUSH yet and the habitat was really good for both. I know my
hearing is still good because I can get both blackburnian warblers and
golden-crowned kinglets singing from my car with the engine running up to
20 mph. I also know the calls for both RECR and SWTH very well. They have
got to be up there somewhere. The DEC has done some management and logging
but not as much as New Michigan State Forest. Because of the logging in a
few spots there were decent numbers of MOURNING WARBLERS. I counted 16
singing males. Hopefully I will be able to find nesting SWAINSON'S THRUSH
and RED CROSSBILLS for this atlas in Chenango County. My list is below
which is a total of all species and numbers for both atlas blocks and some
travel in between.
Summary
Jun 5
Number of Species 62 -- -- -- -- -- --
Number of Individuals 667 -- -- -- -- -- --
Number of Checklists 3 -- -- -- -- -- --
Total Number of Birds Show Sample Size
*Species Name* Jun 5
Wood Duck 1 -- -- -- -- -- --
Ruffed Grouse 1 -- -- -- -- -- --
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 -- -- -- -- -- --
Northern Goshawk 1 -- -- -- -- -- --
Broad-winged Hawk 3 -- -- -- -- -- --
Red-tailed Hawk 1 -- -- -- -- -- --
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5 -- -- -- -- -- --
Hairy Woodpecker 2 -- -- -- -- -- --
Pileated Woodpecker 1 -- -- -- -- -- --
Northern Flicker 1 -- -- -- -- -- --
Eastern Wood-Pewee 11 -- -- -- -- -- --
Alder Flycatcher 3 -- -- -- -- -- --
Least Flycatcher 7 -- -- -- -- -- --
Eastern Phoebe 2 -- -- -- -- -- --
Eastern Kingbird 1 -- -- -- -- -- --
Blue-headed Vireo 13 -- -- -- -- -- --
Red-eyed Vireo 66 -- -- -- -- -- --
Blue Jay 30 -- -- -- -- -- --
American Crow 1 -- -- -- -- -- --
Black-capped Chickadee 32 -- -- -- -- -- --
Tree Swallow 1 -- -- -- -- -- --
Barn Swallow 3 -- -- -- -- -- --
Golden-crowned Kinglet 18 -- -- -- -- -- --
Red-breasted Nuthatch 15 -- -- -- -- -- --
White-breasted Nuthatch 5 -- -- -- -- -- --
Brown Creeper 18 -- -- -- -- -- --
House Wren 1 -- -- -- -- -- --
Winter Wren 7 -- -- -- -- -- --
European Starling 4 -- -- -- -- -- --
Gray Catbird 7 -- -- -- -- -- --
Veery 8 -- -- -- -- -- --
Hermit Thrush 3 -- -- -- -- -- --
Wood Thrush 4 -- -- -- -- -- --
American Robin 11 -- -- -- -- -- --
Cedar Waxwing 27 -- -- -- -- -- --
Purple Finch 5 -- -- -- -- -- --
American Goldfinch 4 -- -- -- -- -- --
Dark-eyed Junco 17 -- -- -- -- -- --
White-throated Sparrow 6 -- -- -- -- -- --
Song Sparrow 3 -- -- -- -- -- --
Swamp Sparrow 1 -- -- -- -- -- --
Eastern Towhee 5 -- -- -- -- -- --
Bobolink 10 -- -- -- -- -- --
Eastern Meadowlark 1 -- -- -- -- -- --
Red-winged Blackbird 6 -- -- -- -- -- --
Ovenbird 73 -- -- -- -- -- --
Northern Waterthrush 1 -- -- -- -- -- --
Nashville Warbler 1 -- -- -- -- -- --
Mourning Warbler 16 -- -- -- -- -- --
Common Yellowthroat 32 -- -- -- -- -- --
Hooded Warbler 2 -- -- -- -- -- --
American Redstart 3 -- -- -- -- -- --
Magnolia Warbler 19 -- -- -- -- -- --
Blackburnian Warbler 58 -- -- -- -- -- --
Chestnut-sided Warbler 41 -- -- -- -- -- --
Black-throated Blue Warbler 13 -- -- -- -- -- --
Pine Warbler 4 -- -- -- -- -- --
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6 -- -- -- -- -- --
Black-throated Green Warbler 7 -- -- -- -- -- --
Canada Warbler 7 -- -- -- -- -- --
Scarlet Tanager 7 -- -- -- -- -- --
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3 -- -- -- -- -- --
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