[Maine-birds] Baldpate Mountain - Gray Jays and Bicknell's Thrush

Hiked Baldpate Mountain from Grafton Notch on Sunday (7/3/2012). Pretty hike with lots of birdsong all the way up and mostly good weather. Highlights were a family of Gray Jays on the West peak (2 adults, 2 hatch year) and about 5 Bicknell's Thrushes calling and occasionally singing between the two peaks. Very good look at one BITH that was calling loudly and perched on top of a snag for about 30 seconds. Very un-BITH-like! Lots of Swainson's Thrushes between 2500 and 3500 feet. Species list below. Cheers,

Shiloh

Baldpate Mountain, Oxford, US-ME

Jul 1, 2012 9:20 AM - 11:50 AM

Protocol: Traveling

4.0 mile(s)

Comments:     Hike from rt 26 to Baldpate on AT - Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.4.4

24 species

 

Ruffed Grouse  2     2 females with young.

Least Flycatcher  2

Blue-headed Vireo  1

Red-eyed Vireo  6

Gray Jay  4

Common Raven  3

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Brown Creeper  1

Winter Wren  7

Golden-crowned Kinglet  2

Bicknell's Thrush  5

Swainson's Thrush  18

Hermit Thrush  7

Ovenbird  7

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Nashville Warbler  1

Magnolia Warbler  4

Blackburnian Warbler  1

Blackpoll Warbler  19

Black-throated Blue Warbler  5

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  14

Black-throated Green Warbler  11

White-throated Sparrow  15

Dark-eyed Junco  8

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