{"id":729,"date":"2008-07-21T03:21:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-21T03:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=729"},"modified":"2014-10-01T03:19:47","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T03:19:47","slug":"adirondack-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=729","title":{"rendered":"Adirondack round-up"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Our last day in the Adirondacks (three weeks ago already!) was the best weather-wise for a visit to Whiteface Mountain. We’d waited around for a couple hours for the clouds to clear, visited a few favorite bug-infested spots, and then made our way to the toll road entrance at the bottom of the mountain. The weather board didn’t have very promising news: zero visibility and a balmy 52 degrees at the summit.<\/p>\n

Many years, the little stone building there has a wonderful collection of moths in attendance, including Luna moths, but there were none this year. I’ll never forget the time we watched a little chickadee carry off a Luna twice its size.<\/p>\n

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<\/span>\"\"<\/span><\/a>The views of balsam and spruce going up were lovely; we’d stop every couple turns around the mountain, add a layer of clothing, listen for birds and pile back into the vans.
<\/span>\"\"<\/span><\/a>Scott found a nice patch of Clintonia for me, also called Bluebead Lily. A poor picture of a very pretty little wildflower.
<\/span>\"\"<\/span><\/a>The higher we went, the more the clouds encroached on us. At this point, some of the group hiked the rest of the way to the summit; us really bird-oriented people stayed behind and listened for Bicknell’s Thrush.<\/p>\n

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<\/span>\"\"<\/span><\/a>Our view from the summit: somewhat disappointing considering how far one might see from this spot. I did manage to spot a speck bird that turned itself into a Bald Eagle; that was nice to add to the trip list!
<\/span>\"\"<\/span><\/a>The obligatory group photo at the top of the world.<\/p>\n

Trip List (compiled by Scott):<\/p>\n

Birds (1st # indicates the # of days recorded\/2nd # indicates highest daily total or estimate):<\/i><\/p>\n

Canada Goose (4\/30)
Wood Duck (2\/4)
Mallard (4\/6)
Ring-necked Duck (1\/2)
Hooded Merganser (2\/8)
Common Merganser (2\/2)
Ring-necked Pheasant (1\/1)
Ruffed Grouse (1\/3)
Wild Turkey (3\/3)
Common Loon (1\/1)
American Bittern (1\/1)
Great Blue Heron (4\/15)
Black Vulture (1\/2)
Turkey Vulture (3\/x)
Osprey (3\/2)
Bald Eagle (1\/1)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (1\/1)
Cooper\u2019s Hawk (2\/1)
Broad-winged Hawk (2\/2)
Red-tailed Hawk (3\/2)
Am. Kestrel (1\/4)
Killdeer (2\/5)
Ring-billed Gull (4\/4)
Herring Gull (2\/1)
Rock Pigeon (4\/x)
Mourning Dove (4\/x)
Chimney Swift (4\/18)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (3\/4)
Belted Kingfisher (2\/2)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (2\/12)
Hairy Woodpecker (2\/3)
Black-backed Woodpecker (3\/3)
Northern Flicker (4\/5)
Pileated Woodpecker (3\/2)
Olive-sided Flycatcher (1\/2)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (2\/2)
Alder Flycatcher (2\/2)
Willow Flycatcher (1\/1)
Least Flycatcher (2\/5)
Eastern Phoebe (3\/2)
Eastern Kingbird (2\/2)
Blue-headed Vireo (3\/12)
Red-eyed Vireo (4\/15)
Gray Jay (1\/1)
Blue Jay (4\/x)
American Crow (4\/x)
Common Raven (4\/3)
Tree Swallow (2\/4)
Barn Swallow (4\/12)
Boreal Chickadee (1\/2)
Black-capped Chickadee (3\/6)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (3\/20)
House Wren (2\/2)
Winter Wren (3\/12)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (2\/10)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (2\/4)
Eastern Bluebird (4\/6)
Veery (2\/2)
Bicknell\u2019s Thrush (1\/5)
Hermit Thrush (2\/10)
American Robin (4\/x)
Gray Catbird (2\/4)
Northern Mockingbird (1\/2)
European Starling (4\/x)
Cedar Waxwing (4\/14)
Nashville Warbler (3\/20)
Northern Parula (3\/14)
Yellow Warbler (1\/2)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (3\/5)
Magnolia Warbler (3\/10)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (3\/6)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (3\/15)
Black-throated Green Warbler (3\/8)
Blackburnian Warbler (3\/12)
Pine Warbler (3\/4)
Palm Warbler (2\/3)
Blackpoll Warbler (1\/4)
Black-and-white Warbler (1\/2)
American Redstart (2\/2)
Ovenbird (3\/8)
Mourning Warbler (1\/3)
Common Yellowthroat (4\/10)
Canada Warbler (1\/2)
Scarlet Tanager (2\/2)
Eastern Towhee (1\/2)
Chipping Sparrow (4\/x)
Field Sparrow (1\/1)
Savannah Sparrow (2\/8)
Grasshopper Sparrow (1\/2)
Song Sparrow (4\/x)
Lincoln\u2019s Sparrow (2\/5)
Swamp Sparrow (3\/15)
White-throated Sparrow (3\/x)
Dark-eyed Junco (3\/10)
Northern Cardinal (1\/2)
Indigo Bunting (2\/3)
Bobolink (1\/4)
Red-winged Blackbird (4\/x)
Common Grackle (4\/x)
Brown-headed Cowbird (2\/x)
Baltimore Oriole (1\/1)
Purple Finch (3\/5)
Red Crossbill (1\/1)
American Goldfinch (4\/x)
House Sparrow (4\/x)
105 species<\/p>\n

Butterflies:<\/i>
Canadian Tiger Swallowtail
Black Swallowtail
Cabbage White
Pink-edged Sulphur
Summer Azure
Great Spangled Fritillary
Atlantis Fritillary
Silvery Checkerspot
Northern Crescent
Question Mark
White Admiral
Viceroy
Northern Pearly-eye
Common Ringlet
Monarch
Arctic Skipper
European Skipper
Indian Skipper
Long Dash
Hobomok Skipper
Common Roadside Skipper<\/p>\n

Mammals:<\/i>
White-tailed Deer
Woodchuck
Snowshoe Hare
Eastern Cottontail
Eastern Chipmunk
Red Squirrel
Gray Squirrel<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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