Birding the Adirondacks:
Teddy Roosevelt Bird Walk
10 June 2012

 

Adirondack Birding Center Director Brian McAllister led a bird walk on the Heron Marsh Trail and the Boreal Life Trail on 10 June 2012. 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. We saw or heard a total of 32 birds. Highlights of the walk included some good views of a Magnolia Warbler near the parking lot -- as always, a birding hot spot, plus some nice views of a Palm Warbler. We also observed a Merlin harassing a Broad-winged Hawk over Barnum Bog and two White-tailed Deer in the water in Heron Marsh.

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

Purple Finch	American Goldfinch
White-winged Crossbill	Canada Goose
Magnolia Warbler	American Robin
Chipping Sparrow	Black-throated Blue Warbler
Winter Wren	Blue-headed Vireo
Ovenbird	Red-eyed Vireo
Golden-crowned Kinglet	Black-throated Green Warbler

 

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

Red-eyed Vireo	Black-capped Chickadee
Ovenbird	Alder Flycatcher
Palm Warbler	American Crow
Nashville Warbler	Winter Wren
Red-shouldered Hawk	Swamp Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird	White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow	Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Brown Creeper	Blue-headed Vireo
Black-throated Green Warbler	Yellow-rumped Warbler

 

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

Black-throated Green Warbler	Ovenbird
Blackburnian Warbler	American Robin
Nashville Warbler	Palm Warbler
Song Sparrow	Broad-winged Hawk
Red-Breasted Nuthatch	White-throated Sparrow
Winter Wren	Merlin
Black-capped Chickadee	Hermit Thrush
Red-eyed Vireo	Yellow-rumped Warbler

 

We also observed a number of wildflowers in bloom or in bud:

Buckbean	Starflower
Bunchberry	Labrador Tea
Sheep Laurel	Wild Sarsaparilla
Canada Mayflower	Pitcher Plant
Cotton Grass	Yellow Pond Lily