For the fourth year, we biked and birded the ATV Trail betw Van Buren and Stockholm, but this year we started at the Stockholm end, at the baseball field. Highlights were two family groups of Gray Jays, (3 Ad., 5 Juv), plenty of Boreal Chickadees, 3 different constantly singing Olive-sided Flies, RCKinglets singing everywhere, as well as many singing Swainson's Thrushes.
We got back to the ballfield in the afternoon with 18 warblers, not including Yellow or Chestnut-sided!! While we sat on the tailgate enjoying a cold one, a Yellow showed up next to the visitors' dugout, while a Chestnut-sided appeared in deep center field. A 20-warbler trip. A singing Tennessee was pushed off the stage by a singing No Waterthrush (in the same tree). Another pair of Tennessees were chasing and perching together. Singing Wilson's were new for us on this route.
A slew of ATVs were a bit annoying (after 9:30 A.M.), but it IS their trail after all, it was a nice day, and a Sunday. Next time we'll do it on a week-day. No bears this time, but a cow and calf Moose browsing in some thick brush.
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