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Boston Hollow, Ashford, 6/14/10, and suspicion confirmed.

M
Mntncougar@aol.com
Tue, Jun 15, 2010 12:23 AM

Still  lots of activity in Boston Hollow, though not as  much as a couple
of weeks ago.  Although I had about decided I  must have heard
Black-throated Blue Warblers and not Ceruleans, Today I heard  two Ceruleans and SAW 1.
They were near the northwest end of  Barclay Mill road, where the forest has
been cut on the right side of the road  (going north), with only a small
number of mature white pines left  standing.  That is the same area where
Chestnut-sided and  Magnolia Warblers are relatively abundant.  However, the
Ceruleans were  singing in the dense, fairly mature, woods on the left of the
road.  This  spot is probably 2 miles by road from Boston Hollow proper,
where I heard the  original birds.  (I subsequently discovered that at least one
of them was,  in fact, a BTB).  Draw your own conclusions from that.
Amazingly, I spotted a Barred Owl in the Hollow today for the  3rd time in
the last 2 weeks.  In each case, the bird just appeared flying  through the
trees in front of me, presumably disturbed by my presence.  I  assume it is
the same bird each time, but today it was about half a mile from  the area
where I had seen it before.
Once again, I had 3 singing Winter Wrens, but today 1  was on Barclay Mill,
not in Boston Hollow proper.  It was at the point  north of the mill ponds
where a stream goes under the dirt road through 2 large  black pipes, just
around a sharp curve, about 200 yards before the road becomes  paved.
Today's list:

Location:    Boston Hollow/Barclay Mill
Observation  date:    6/14/10
Number of species:      49

Turkey Vulture    6
Barred Owl      1
Chimney Swift    2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker    1
Downy  Woodpecker    1
Hairy Woodpecker      4
Eastern Wood-Pewee    1
Eastern Phoebe  4
Blue-headed Vireo    4
Red-eyed Vireo  5
Blue Jay    2
American Crow  4
Black-capped Chickadee    6
Tufted  Titmouse    1
White-breasted Nuthatch      1
Winter Wren    3
Eastern Bluebird      2
Veery    20
Hermit Thrush    15
Wood  Thrush    2
American Robin    8
Gray  Catbird    8
Cedar Waxwing    4
Yellow  Warbler    4
Chestnut-sided Warbler      4
Magnolia Warbler    3
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1
Black-throated Green Warbler      10
Blackburnian Warbler    2
Pine Warbler  10
Cerulean Warbler    2
Black-and-white  Warbler    10
American Redstart      2
Worm-eating Warbler    1
Ovenbird      20
Northern Waterthrush    1
Louisiana Waterthrush  2
Canada Warbler    8
Eastern Towhee  5
Chipping Sparrow    10
Field Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow    2
Scarlet Tanager  2
Northern Cardinal    1
Red-winged  Blackbird    2
Common Grackle      1
Baltimore Oriole    8
American Goldfinch  2

Don Morgan
Coventry

Still lots of activity in Boston Hollow, though not as much as a couple of weeks ago. Although I had about decided I must have heard Black-throated Blue Warblers and not Ceruleans, Today I heard two Ceruleans and SAW 1. They were near the northwest end of Barclay Mill road, where the forest has been cut on the right side of the road (going north), with only a small number of mature white pines left standing. That is the same area where Chestnut-sided and Magnolia Warblers are relatively abundant. However, the Ceruleans were singing in the dense, fairly mature, woods on the left of the road. This spot is probably 2 miles by road from Boston Hollow proper, where I heard the original birds. (I subsequently discovered that at least one of them was, in fact, a BTB). Draw your own conclusions from that. Amazingly, I spotted a Barred Owl in the Hollow today for the 3rd time in the last 2 weeks. In each case, the bird just appeared flying through the trees in front of me, presumably disturbed by my presence. I assume it is the same bird each time, but today it was about half a mile from the area where I had seen it before. Once again, I had 3 singing Winter Wrens, but today 1 was on Barclay Mill, not in Boston Hollow proper. It was at the point north of the mill ponds where a stream goes under the dirt road through 2 large black pipes, just around a sharp curve, about 200 yards before the road becomes paved. Today's list: Location: Boston Hollow/Barclay Mill Observation date: 6/14/10 Number of species: 49 Turkey Vulture 6 Barred Owl 1 Chimney Swift 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 4 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Eastern Phoebe 4 Blue-headed Vireo 4 Red-eyed Vireo 5 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 4 Black-capped Chickadee 6 Tufted Titmouse 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Winter Wren 3 Eastern Bluebird 2 Veery 20 Hermit Thrush 15 Wood Thrush 2 American Robin 8 Gray Catbird 8 Cedar Waxwing 4 Yellow Warbler 4 Chestnut-sided Warbler 4 Magnolia Warbler 3 Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 Black-throated Green Warbler 10 Blackburnian Warbler 2 Pine Warbler 10 Cerulean Warbler 2 Black-and-white Warbler 10 American Redstart 2 Worm-eating Warbler 1 Ovenbird 20 Northern Waterthrush 1 Louisiana Waterthrush 2 Canada Warbler 8 Eastern Towhee 5 Chipping Sparrow 10 Field Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 2 Scarlet Tanager 2 Northern Cardinal 1 Red-winged Blackbird 2 Common Grackle 1 Baltimore Oriole 8 American Goldfinch 2 Don Morgan Coventry