8/22/15 Minerva (Essex Co.)
After finding a pair of Red Crossbills on 7/22 in Newcomb, I wanted to go back to the Newcomb-Minerva area to check for more. Work and my younger son's wedding delayed me! I found at least 7 Red Crossbills in Minerva yesterday in two different areas (railroad bed and the Roosevelt Truck Trail). I arrived in late morning and did not hear any singing (just calling) - I plan to go over earlier today. I photographed a male that was paired with a female (photos of the male on my Facebook page below). It looks like it should be an exciting late summer - fall - winter in the Adirondacks! I arrived home last night to an email message from Ron Pittaway (from Canada) asking if I was seeing Red Crossbills! Ron said that Algonquin Park usually mirrors the Adirondacks for tree seed crops and species in winter - and that the Red Crossbills are singing in Algonquin Park. I'll post more later, but wanted to add that I found a record (for me) 19 Boreal Chickadees yesterday! (I believe it was actually 23 since I found a flock on my hike out of the Roosevelt Truck Trail that was not likely any that I counted on the way in!) I found 6 (flocks of 3 & 3) along Route 28N in areas that I usually find them, and 13 (flocks of 4, 4, & 5) along the Roosevelt Truck Trail. (I hiked the 5 miles round trip.) I even managed to take some bad photos of the chickadees. The mushrooms were remarkable! (I'll post more photos on Facebook later.) 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/ --
