While on a 20 mile one-day hiking traverse of the Presidential Range I was delighted  
to find 4 AMERICAN PIPITS, one of which was performing a display flight and song  
in the alpine zone on the west side of Mt. Washington within 1 mile (by trail)  
of the summit. I had never before watched an American Pipit sing.

Good Birding,
Charlie Governali

ebird report:

Location:     Presidential Range, NH
Observation date:     5/9/09
Notes:     ***American Pipit seen performing display flight in alpine zone on  
west side of Mt. Washington within 1 mile (by trail) of the summit***<br>*Purple  
Finch singing lower down on Mt. Adams<br>*Ruby-crowned Kinglets singing just below  
Krummholz zone<br>*American Woodcock peenting in field next to Route 2 at the  
trailhead<br>*Winter Wrens heard along the entire length of the Presidential Range<br>*Common  
Raven pair active on top of Mt. Eisenhower<br><br>
Number of species:     20

American Woodcock - Scolopax minor     1
Blue-headed Vireo - Vireo solitarius     3
American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos     2
Common Raven - Corvus corax     4
Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus     5
Brown Creeper - Certhia americana     3
Winter Wren - Troglodytes troglodytes     20
Golden-crowned Kinglet - Regulus satrapa     5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula     4
Hermit Thrush - Catharus guttatus     4
American Robin - Turdus migratorius     2
American Pipit - Anthus rubescens     4
Black-throated Blue Warbler - Dendroica caerulescens     3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) - Dendroica coronata coronata     30
Black-throated Green Warbler - Dendroica virens     5
Ovenbird - Seiurus aurocapilla     3
White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis     10
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) - Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis     15
Purple Finch - Carpodacus purpureus     1
American Goldfinch - Carduelis tristis     2

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

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