5/4/15 Long Lake (Hamilton Co.) first-of-the-season: *
Finally, south winds.new today: *Least Flycatcher *Nashville Warbler *Amer. Redstart *Northern Parula *Magnolia Warbler *Blackburnian Warbler *Black-throated Blue Warbler 11 of the 18 warbler species that breed along Sabattis Circle Road are back. The Gray Jay pair greeted me at my car again at Sabattis Bog - they really are adorable! I photographed a cooperative Ruffed Grouse along the road. I found many birds along the Northville-Placid Trail (S) in Long Lake today including a pair of Black-backed Woodpeckers and a Northern Waterthrush. Barred Owls have been vocalizing every night - last night, it sounded like the owl was hooting into our baby monitor! Wild Turkeys are outside our house all day, every day - 3 females and a gobbling male. 5/3/15 Roosevelt Truck Trail in Minerva (Essex Co.) On the drive to the Roosevelt Truck Trail northern trailhead on the Blue Ridge Road, I observed the first Black Bear scat of the season! I heard two Black-backed Woodpeckers rattle-calling along the trail (this is the time of year when I find them mating and they give the rattle call during that activity!). Joan Collins Editor, New York Birders Long Lake, NY (315) 244-7127 cell (518) 624-5528 home http://www.adirondackavianexpeditions.com/ http://www.facebook.com/AdirondackAvian -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
