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Boston Hollow/Yale Forest, Ashford/Union

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Mntncougar@aol.com
Wed, Apr 19, 2017 2:24 AM

Rather quiet today, probably because of colder temps. Still  most of the
species but in some cases less birds.  Couldn't check  northwestern Union
since the road was closed because of  a sinkhole  (which I reported yesterday).
Rotted out steel culvert that carries a stream  under the road. They worked
on it today, so hopefully, open  soon.
I had a pair of Palm Warblers foraging together today, which I  thought
might have been male and female, but according to Sibley there is no  variation
by sex. But one of the birds was our typical Palm and the other had a
noticeably whitish belly and was paler overall. It matched the picture of a
"western" Palm in Sibley quite well.

Boston Hollow/Yale Forest, Windham, Connecticut, US
Apr 18, 2017 8:45 AM  - 2:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
8.0 mile(s)
36 species

Turkey  Vulture  3
Osprey  1
Broad-winged Hawk  1
Red-tailed  Hawk  1
Mourning Dove  6
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  6
Downy Woodpecker  3
Northern  Flicker  5
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Eastern Phoebe  12
Blue-headed Vireo  8
Blue Jay  15
American Crow  1
Common Raven  2
Tree Swallow  4
Black-capped  Chickadee  20
Tufted Titmouse  12
White-breasted Nuthatch  4
Winter Wren  2
Hermit Thrush  2
American Robin  15
Louisiana Waterthrush  6
Northern Waterthrush  1  Likely same bird as yesterday. Now singing
frequently
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Palm Warbler  2  Apparent pair, foraging together
Pine Warbler  25  In this area a very common nester. Nearly every mature
white pine  has a pair. Undoubtedly a very low estimate of birds seen and
heard.
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Chipping Sparrow  12
Dark-eyed Junco  2
Song Sparrow  3
Northern Cardinal  3
Red-winged Blackbird  8
Brown-headed Cowbird  12
Purple  Finch  1
American Goldfinch  10

View this checklist online  at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36083536

Don Morgan
Coventry,  Ct

Rather quiet today, probably because of colder temps. Still most of the species but in some cases less birds. Couldn't check northwestern Union since the road was closed because of a sinkhole (which I reported yesterday). Rotted out steel culvert that carries a stream under the road. They worked on it today, so hopefully, open soon. I had a pair of Palm Warblers foraging together today, which I thought might have been male and female, but according to Sibley there is no variation by sex. But one of the birds was our typical Palm and the other had a noticeably whitish belly and was paler overall. It matched the picture of a "western" Palm in Sibley quite well. Boston Hollow/Yale Forest, Windham, Connecticut, US Apr 18, 2017 8:45 AM - 2:15 PM Protocol: Traveling 8.0 mile(s) 36 species Turkey Vulture 3 Osprey 1 Broad-winged Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Mourning Dove 6 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 6 Downy Woodpecker 3 Northern Flicker 5 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Phoebe 12 Blue-headed Vireo 8 Blue Jay 15 American Crow 1 Common Raven 2 Tree Swallow 4 Black-capped Chickadee 20 Tufted Titmouse 12 White-breasted Nuthatch 4 Winter Wren 2 Hermit Thrush 2 American Robin 15 Louisiana Waterthrush 6 Northern Waterthrush 1 Likely same bird as yesterday. Now singing frequently Black-and-white Warbler 1 Palm Warbler 2 Apparent pair, foraging together Pine Warbler 25 In this area a very common nester. Nearly every mature white pine has a pair. Undoubtedly a very low estimate of birds seen and heard. Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Chipping Sparrow 12 Dark-eyed Junco 2 Song Sparrow 3 Northern Cardinal 3 Red-winged Blackbird 8 Brown-headed Cowbird 12 Purple Finch 1 American Goldfinch 10 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36083536 Don Morgan Coventry, Ct