Birding the Adirondacks:
Teddy Roosevelt Bird Walk
15 June 2013

 

Adirondack Birding Center Director Brian McAllister led a bird walk on the Boreal Life Trail and the Barnum Brook Trail on 15 June 2013. 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 lovely late spring day with plenty of sunshine. We saw or heard a total of 25 birds. Highlights of the walk included some good views of a Palm Warbler on Barnum Bog, a Hairy Woodpecker near the VIC Building, and a Blue-headed Vireo and Ruby-throated Hummingbird in the VIC parking lot.

In the parking lot and near the VIC building, we saw or heard the following birds:

Red-Breasted Nuthatch	Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-rumped Warbler	American Robin
Winter Wren	Northern Parula
Northern Flicker	Ovenbird
Blue Jay	American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee	Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Blue-headed Vireo	Hairy Woodpecker

On the Jenkins Mountain Trail,we saw or heard the following birds:

Brown Creeper	Black-capped Chickadee
Blue-headed Vireo	Winter Wren
Red-Breasted Nuthatch	Red-eyed Vireo
White-throated Sparrow	Blackburnian Warbler
Ovenbird	Black-capped Chickadee
Northern Parula	Olive-sided Flycatcher

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

Ovenbird	Black-capped Chickadee
Black-throated Blue Warbler	Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet	Northern Parula
White-throated Sparrow	Magnolia Warbler
Palm Warbler	Alder Flycatcher
Swamp Sparrow	Turkey Vulture
Cedar Waxwing

We also observed the following wildflowers in bloom:

Pitcher Plant	Cotton Grass
Bunchberry	Yellow Pond Lily
Starflower	Canada Mayflower
Labrador Tea	Clintonia