September 1, 2013 | 
Author This blog post provides a list of species from tours during July 2013. I have also included a few photos.
On a July 5, 2013 tour with a couple from New Jersey, we visited two low-elevation boreal bogs and a marsh. We found the following 66 species (including 16 warbler species with many lovely views):
Wild Turkey
Common Loon – 2 adults and 2 chicks!
Turkey Vulture
Broad-winged Hawk
Merlin
Wilson’s Snipe
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Barred Owl
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Hairy Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker – family group! (Male, female, and at least one juvenile)
Northern Flicker
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Gray Jay – 2!
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Canada Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow – nice views!
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting – nice views!
Red-winged Blackbird
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
We also found a Coyote and a small Snapping Turtle!
Young Snapping Turtle photographed on July 5, 2013 at Massawepie Mire.
Common Loon with two chicks at Deer Pond on July 9, 2013
Common Loon on Deer Pond. Photograph taken on July 9, 2013.
Common Loon with chick photographed on July 9, 2013 on Deer Pond.
Resting Common Loon with a chick photographed on July 9, 2013 on Deer Pond.
On a June 11, 2013 tour with a birder from Connecticut, we visited both high and (briefly) low elevation boreal habitat. We found the following 44 species:
Turkey Vulture
Broad-winged Hawk
Mourning Dove
Black-backed Woodpecker – female
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Bicknell’s Thrush – nice views!
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Mourning Warbler – nice views!
Chipping Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Indigo Bunting
Purple Finch
We also observed a young Black Bear!
Bicknell’s Thrush in the fog photographed on July 11, 2013 during a Dawn Tour up Whiteface Mountain.
Bicknell’s Thrush in the fog photographed on July 11, 2013 during a Dawn Tour up Whiteface Mountain
Bicknell’s Thrush singing in the fog – photographed on July 11, 2013 during a Dawn Tour up Whiteface Mountain
Singing male Indigo Bunting photographed on July 11, 2013.
Male Indigo Bunting photographed on July 11, 2013.
On a July 14, 2013 tour with a birder from Ithaca and a birder from Rochester, we visited both high and low elevation boreal habitat. We found the following 45 species:
American Kestrel
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Bicknell’s Thrush – nice views of a singing bird (a couple attached)
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler – feeding young!
Ovenbird
Mourning Warbler – calling
Common Yellowthroat
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow – nice views!
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Indigo Bunting – nice views!
Bobolink – female
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
Bicknell’s Thrush photographed during a Dawn Tour up Whiteface Mountain on July 14, 2013. It is reminiscent of a Hudson River School painting scene!
A zoomed in photograph of the same bird – photographed on a Dawn Tour up Whiteface Mountain on July 14, 2013.
A Turkey Vulture at the top of a large dead snag, appearing like a Totem Pole!
On a July 21, 2013 tour with a couple from Elmira, NY, we visited a low-elevation boreal bog and early the next morning, we visited a boreal forest. We found the following 70 species (including 17 warbler species with many nice views):
Canada Goose
Wood Duck – family
Common Loon – 2 adults and 2 young!
Turkey Vulture
Northern Harrier
Broad-winged Hawk
Merlin
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Alder Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Gray Jay – 4 (groups of 2, 1, and 1)
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee – at least 5 (groups of 2 and at least 3) – nice views!
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Veery
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Nashville Warbler – nice views!
Northern Parula
Chestnut-sided Warbler – nice views!
Magnolia Warbler – nice views!
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler – nice views!
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler – nice views!
Black-and-white Warbler – nice views!
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush – great views!
Mourning Warbler – nice views!
Common Yellowthroat – nice views!
Canada Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow – nice views!
Swamp Sparrow – nice views!
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting – nice views!
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
Round-leaved Pyrola photographed on July 22, 2013.
Singing Swainson’s Thrush photographed on July 22, 2013.