Mount Desert Island Birds: Yellow-bellied Flycatcher's and Swainson's Thrush
Emerson Middle School, Hancock, US-ME
Jun 5, 2013 7:45 AM
Protocol: Incidental
Comments: Weather is fabulous
4 species
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) 1
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 2
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) 1
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 1
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Beech Mountain Acadia National Park, Hancock, US-ME
Jun 5, 2013 6:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments: Mike and Cord Heaney from Nebraska. Old memories about Turtles researched in the sand hills of western Nebraska and times on the plains. No Spruce Grouse but Yellow-bellied Flycatchers everywhere on the south ridge trail . Great pictures
24 species (+1 other taxa)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 1
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 2
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 1
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) 1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) 3 Three distinct territories separated by distance and habitat. The first bird was about as high in elevation as I have ever heard them before.
Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) 1
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 2
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 7
swallow sp. (Hirundinidae sp.) 1
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 10
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 2
Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) 23 We walked over the mountain and into the south valley... many birds were seen and counted
Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) 3 Great looks and calling ... omg excellent call notes loud and forceful. Clearly on territory
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 2
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 2
Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla) 1 This Nashville is HIGH on Beech Mountain. Foraging but are they nesting down below?? I associate nesting with edge habitat of small and large wetland enclosures. This male has been here for at least 3 years….
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) 1 phished right to us, sat , sang and Photos
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 4
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 6
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 1
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 3
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Michael
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