December 4, 2016 | 
Author Species lists from September 2016 tours are below. Many photos from the trips are posted at https://www.facebook.com/adirondackavian
September 24, 2016
Field Trip on the Low’s Ridge – Upper Dam Trail sponsored by the Long Lake Parks and Recreation Department and Northern NY Audubon Society. Here is our list of 33 species (including some migrants):
Canada Goose
American Black Duck
Hooded Merganser – 2
Common Merganser – 2
Common Loon – 2 (one juvenile)
Great Blue Heron – on the drive
Bald Eagle – 4 (3 adults and 1 sub-adult)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Gray Jay – 3
Blue Jay
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (migrant)
Hermit Thrush – several
American Robin
Black-and-white Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler (migrant)
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
American Goldfinch
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September 16, 2016
Fishing Brook paddle for a ROOST (Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism) blog. Here are the 25 species found along the brook:
Wood Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Hairy Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker – 2 (1 female observed)
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
Gray Catbird
Cedar Waxwing
Common Yellowthroat
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird – 4 (1 and 3)
Amer. Goldfinch
I also spent a long time with the largest Snapping Turtle I have ever encountered! There were many Moose paths along the brook. (This is also the location where I took all the Bull Moose photos posted to my Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/adirondackavian.)
*****
September 12, 2016
A half-day tour at Massawepie Mire with a mother and her remarkable 6 year-old daughter (a very serious birder and artist!) from Georgia. Here is our list of 44 species found:
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
American Black Duck
Mallard
Ruffed Grouse – on the dirt road on our drive out of Massawepie
Common Loon – in flight over Massawepie
Great Blue Heron – marsh in Tupper Lake along the causeway
Great Egret – marsh in Tupper Lake along the causeway
Turkey Vulture
Broad-winged Hawk
Belted Kingfisher – outside the Long Lake Diner at lunch!
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
American Kestrel – scope views of a perched bird at Massawepie
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
Gray Jay – 5 at Massawepie!
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Winter Wren – brief view at Massawepie
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush – nice views through the scope of 2 birds!
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
Ovenbird
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Parula
Black-throated Blue Warbler – singing
Palm Warbler – many; including singing birds
Pine Warbler – singing
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler – viewed along the drive out of Massawepie
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird – 1
American Goldfinch
We also found an American Toad, Painted Turtle, and Black Bear scat!
*****
September 5, 2016
A tour with 3 birders (2 from East Hampton, NY and 1 from Colorado) in the boreal areas of the central Adirondacks including Massawepie Mire. Here is our list of 50 species:
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
American Black Duck
Ring-necked Duck
Wild Turkey
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe – Shaw Pond
Great Egret – at the Tupper Lake marsh; an unusual bird in our central Adirondack region!
Bald Eagle – 1 adult
Cooper’s Hawk – 1
Broad-winged Hawk – 2 different birds
Ring-billed Gull
Barred Owl – 4! (3 along Tarbell Hill Lane in Long Lake and 1 at Massawepie)
Belted Kingfisher – Shaw Pond
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker – juvenile
Hairy Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker – 2 different birds (1 female and 1 male)
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
American Kestrel – 2
Merlin – 2
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Gray Jay – 10! (two groups of 3 at Massawepie, 3 at Sabattis Bog, and 1 flyover along Sabattis Circle Road)
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee – 4
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Cedar Waxwing
Ovenbird
Common Yellowthroat
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler – many!
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
We also found an Ermine, Fox (too far away to determine Red or Gray), and a lot of Black Bear scat!