WFB 131 Field Journal 3: Forests
Date - 5/26/21
Start time - 7:14 am
End time - 12:02 pm
Location - Camel's Hump State Park
Weather (temperature, wind speed/direction, precipitation) - start: 72 F, 16 mph S, mostly sunny; end: 73 F, 15 mph S, mostly sunny
Habitat(s) - Starting out in the parking lot, I didn't see very many species but heard Black-capped Chickadees, Eastern Phoebes, and American Robins. As I moved up in altitude through the deciduous forest, I saw and heard Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Black-throated Green Warblers, Ovenbirds, Black-tailed Blue Warblers, Scarlet Tanagers, Red-eyed Vireos, and Blackburnian Warblers. I got closer to the alpine vegetation zone, with mixed hemlocks and birch trees, I found Hermit Thrushes, Wood Thrushes, and possibly a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. In the alpine zone I found Pine Warblers and a Blue Jay.
Observations
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Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)Observer
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heard calling throughout lower altitude, open deciduous forest
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Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)Observer
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heard scattered calling throughout open overstory of deciduous forest
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Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)Observer
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calling heard across all entire forest, up until higher altitudes and alpine vegetation zone
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Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)Observer
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only a couple individuals heard scattered at the edge the forest, near parking lot
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Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)Observer
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heard calling throughout entire deciduous section of trail, one individual seen on beech tree branch
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American Robin (Turdus migratorius)Observer
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a little hard to distinguish from vireo and tanager calls but at least four individuals were spotted
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Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)Observer
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heard calling throughout deciduous section of forest
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Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)Observer
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heard calling across stream in wooded meadow-y area next to trail, seemed to either be calling back and forth to each other or just singing at the same time
Photos / Sounds
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)Observer
emma2forsytheDescription
this was heard at a higher altitude in the forest, in an area with both coniferous and deciduous trees. I wasn't able to get a recording of it since it stopped as I pulled my phone out but based on the drumming pattern, my guess is it was a sapsucker.
Photos / Sounds
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Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)Observer
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heard calling closer to parking lot, at forest edge
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Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)Observer
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a couple individuals heard, in mixed coniferous and deciduous area
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Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus)Observer
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two individuals seen hopping around hemlock branches
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Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)Observer
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one individual performing what I think was a mating dance, singing and bouncing in place on a branch, right at edge of alpine zone
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Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)Observer
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one heard in lower altitude deciduous section of woods and another seen on a branch near parking lot
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Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)Observer
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lots of individuals heard singing throughout deciduous forest
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