some Acadia National Park birds

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I went for a run on the Acadia National Park Carriage Trail around Eagle Lake in the heat of the afternoon today. Just as I was starting to really drag on the long uphill on the west side of Eagle Lake, thinking about walking and ice cream, a Blackburnian Warbler sang out as if to say, “Keep going, Rich; you can do it!” . . . the “you can do it!” the ascending end of its song.

 

Toward the end, near the pump house at the outlet of the lake, a Northern Goshawk was scolding from up high in an oak. I was wishing I had my binoculars, but there was no mistaking this long-tailed Accipiter.

 

Not a lot of species today, but 18 is not a bad tally for a hot summer afternoon. The full list is below:

 

Location:     Acadia National Park--Eagle Lake

Observation date:     7/4/10

Notes:     This count was conducting while running on the Carriage Trail around Eagle Lake.

Number of species:     18

 

Common Merganser     1

Northern Goshawk     1

Herring Gull     1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     5

Blue-headed Vireo     2

Black-capped Chickadee     3

Red-breasted Nuthatch     3

Golden-crowned Kinglet     5

Swainson's Thrush     2

Hermit Thrush     3

American Robin     2

Cedar Waxwing     6

Yellow-rumped Warbler     2

Black-throated Green Warbler     10

Blackburnian Warbler     6

Ovenbird     4

Song Sparrow     1

Scarlet Tanager     3

 

 

Richard MacDonald

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