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
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