Again Jack and I hiked the Ragged Mountain Snow Bowl trails with our best dog and human friends. Warm again but not as bright, with rain in the late-morning forecast. Not the number of bird species as last time, but still a fun hike in a different place with a lot going on.
Saw my first bluebird fledgling up there perched on a lift cable. Also a starling clearly nesting somewhere up there among the gears.
Tomorrow it’ll be back to Beech Hill, but we’ll hit the mountain again soon, I bet.
(An alphabetized list again.)
Camden Snow Bowl Trails List Starting at 6:48 a.m. EST (7:48 DST), I hiked some Camden Snow Bowl trails.
1. Alder Flycatcher 2. American Goldfinch 3. American Redstart (v) 4. American Robin* 5. Baltimore Oriole (v) 6. Black-and-white Warbler (v) 7. Brown Creeper (v) 8. Cedar Waxwing 9. Chipping Sparrow (v) 10. Common Yellowthroat (v) 11. Eastern Bluebird 12. Eastern Phoebe* (v) 13. Eastern Towhee (v) 14. Eastern Wood-pewee (v) 15. European Starling 16. Great Crested Flycatcher 17. Least Flycatcher (v) 18. Mourning Dove** (v) 19. Ovenbird (v) 20. Red-eyed Vireo** (v) 21. Red-winged Blackbird 22. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (v) 24. Scarlet Tanager (v) 24. Song Sparrow* 25. Tree Swallow 26. Tufted Titmouse (v) 27. Turkey Vulture 28. Wild Turkey 29. Yellow Warbler (v)
Elsewhere
30. Mallard 31. Red-bellied Woodpecker (v) 32. American Crow
Mammals
Eastern Chipmunk
(v) Voice only *Also elsewhere **Voice only elsewhere †First-of-year
Welp, we mixed it up this early morning, dog and me—accompanied our human and dog friends up the many trails winding around the Camden Snow Bowl. The day was bright and the winds were light and the grade was steep. Got a few different-than-usual species (and missed a few common at Beech Hill) and couldn’t well keep track of the chronology of sightings—thus, today’s species are listed I alphabetical order.
Ol’ Jack did well for such a warm, steep hike. (I could say the same for myself.) A change of scenery ain’t ever a bad thing.
We’ll be back at Beech Hill tomorrow, though (during what’s supposed to be some light rain).
Camden Snow Bowl Trails List Starting at 6:13 a.m. EST (7:13 DST), I hiked some Camden Snow Bowl trails.
1. Alder Flycatcher (v) 2. American Goldfinch** 3. American Redstart (v) 4. American Robin* 5. Baltimore Oriole 6. Black-and-white Warbler (v) 7. Black-capped Chickadee 8. Black-throated Blue Warbler (v) 9. Black-throated Green Warbler (v) 10. Blue-headed Vireo (v) 11. Blue Jay (v) 12. Broad-winged Hawk (v) 13. Brown Creeper (v) 14. Cedar Waxwing (v) 15. Chestnut-sided Warbler (v) 16. Chipping Sparrow* 17. Common Loon 18. Common Yellowthroat (v) 19. Dark-eyed Junco 20. Eastern Phoebe* (v) 21. Eastern Wood-pewee (v) 22. Great Crested Flycatcher (v) 23. Hermit Thrush (v) 24. Least Flycatcher (v) 25. Mallard 26. Mourning Dove (v) 27. Ovenbird (v) 28. Purple Finch (v) 29. Red-eyed Vireo (v) 30. Red-winged Blackbird 31. Scarlet Tanager 32. Song Sparrow* 33. Tree Swallow 34. Tufted Titmouse (v) 35. Turkey Vulture 36. Warbling Vireo (v) 37. White-breasted Nuthatch (v) 38. Yellow Warbler (v)
Elsewhere
39. American Crow
Mammals
Eastern Gray Squirrel
(v) Voice only *Also elsewhere **Voice only elsewhere †First-of-year
It seemed a little early to have a tanager show up on the hill during my morning hike with dog, but there he was. I heard him first—as is nearly always the case—and crept up close enough for a photo. Last year I don’t believe I encountered a tanager at all (not sure), but know I didn’t see one. They used to arrive in late May, early June. A sign of warming? Likely so.
Coincidentally, about the same time I spied the tanager, I noticed an Olive-sided Flycatcher perched high on a small snag, with nothing but blue sky beyond. Those were the only firsts-of-year on our hike this morning.
But what a fun and lovely morning it was.
Beech Hill List Beginning at 6:05 a.m. sun time (7:05 DST), I hiked all trails.
