Birding the Adirondacks:
Teddy Roosevelt Bird Walk
21 June 2014

 

On 21 June 2014, Adirondack Birding Center Director Brian McAllister led a bird walk on the Heron Marsh Trail, the Boreal Life Trail, and the Loggers Loop Trail. The walk was part of the "TR" Birding Series. The walk began at 9:00 AM, when we met in the VIC building at the Paul Smith's College VIC. It was a cool, overcast morning. We saw or heard a total of 36 bird species.  Highlights of the walk included some excellent views of a Belted Kingfisher, hovering over Heron Marsh, and a Great Blue Heron and American Bittern, overflying the marsh. We also had some nice views of an Eastern Bluebird on Barnum Bog, and a Hermit Thrush and Hairy Woodpecker on the Loggers Loop Trail.

On the Heron Marsh Trail, we saw or heard the following birds:

Chipping Sparrow	Ovenbird
Blue-headed Vireo	Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-eyed Vireo	Swamp Sparrow
Ring-necked Duck	American Kestrel
Red-winged Blackbird	Great Blue Heron
American Bittern	Blue Jay
Wood Duck	Mallard
Belted Kingfisher	Northern Parula

On the Boreal Life Trail, we saw or heard the following birds:

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	Hairy Woodpecker
Blue-headed Vireo	Yellow-rumped Warbler
American Robin	Blackburnian Warbler
Nashville Warbler	White-throated Sparrow
Palm Warbler	Lincoln's Sparrow
Eastern Bluebird	Purple Finch
Black-capped Chickadee	Winter Wren
Brown Creeper	Black-capped Chickadee
Alder Flycatcher

On the Loggers Loop Trail, we saw or heard the following birds:

Black-throated Blue Warbler	Black-throated Green Warbler
Hermit Thrush	Winter Wren
American Robin	Hairy Woodpecker
Ovenbird	Blackburnian Warbler

We also observed some early summer-flowering wildflowers and flowering shrubs in bloom, including:

Grass Pink	Cotton Grass
Pitcher Plant	White Water-lily
Bunchberry	Labrador Tea
Common Wood Sorrel	Spreading Dogbane
Yellow Pond Lily	Indian Cucumber-root
Wild Raisin