Yesterday's persistent storms that swept across the Mt. Mansfield 
ridgeline were replaced by clear and calm conditions this morning. 
Mist-netting and banding were surprisingly slow overall, but we caught 4 
Bicknell's Thrush, 2 of which were females with full incubation/brood 
patches. We later found a nest with 4 newly-hatched young in a patch of 
dense fir. The 4 Red Crossbills were a nice surprise -- does anyone have 
a theory for why this species has recently shown up on mountaintops? In 
almost 20 years of studying montane forest birds in VT, we have only 
observed White winged Crossbills, and those only in summers following 
bumper cone crops, which were not produced in 2009. We haven't observed 
any White-wingeds or Pine Siskins in 2010, and we have yet to encounter 
a red squirrel on Mansfield this season.

Chris

Location:     Mt. Mansfield - MANS plot
Observation date:     6/25/10
Number of species:     16

Turkey Vulture     1
Peregrine Falcon     1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     1
Red-breasted Nuthatch     2
Winter Wren     4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     1
Bicknell's Thrush     10
Swainson's Thrush     5
American Robin     3
Magnolia Warbler     1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     10
Blackpoll Warbler     8
White-throated Sparrow     12
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     6
Purple Finch     2
Red Crossbill     4

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

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Chris Rimmer
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
P.O. Box 420
Norwich, VT 05055
802-649-1431 ext. 1
www.vtecostudies.org




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Chris Rimmer
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
P.O. Box 420
Norwich, VT 05055
802-649-1431 ext. 1
www.vtecostudies.org

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