Bird Watching 5/20

Location: Hard'Ack, St. Albans, VT
Time: 6:45 a.m. - 12:30 a.m.
Weather: Sunny, little to no clouds, 60-65 °F, very little wind.
Habitat: Hard'Ack is a small mountain, more like a hill, and is covered in deciduous trees. The majority of the trees are ironwoods, American beeches, and oaks, with some pines scattered throughout. To get into the wooded area, I had to walk through a short "shrubland." The shrubland area had staghorn sumac, short (roughly 15 feet) deciduous trees, raspberry bushes, and other unidentified shrubs. Roughly 75% of Hard'Ack's forest edge is surrounded by houses which is likely the reason I saw some suburban birds (i.e. northern cardinal and tufted titmouse).

Birds Spotted:4 American robins, 7 ovenbirds, 6 black-capped chickadees, 4 European starlings, 2 song sparrows, 4 gray catbirds, 6 cedar waxwings, 6 American redstarts, 2 red-breasted nuthatches, 4 yellow warblers, 2 black-throated green warblers, 3 hermit thrushes, 5 red-eyed vireos, 2 rose-breasted grosbeaks, 3 scarlet tanagers, 1 white-breasted nuthatch, 3 white-throated sparrows, 1 wood thrush, 1 northern cardinal, 2 tufted titmouses, 1 American crow, 1 chestnut-sided warbler.

Posted on May 20, 2020 09:04 PM by dannybouwens