Birding the East Branch Trail in Jackson, NH

[Steve Hale]

Yesterday (Saturday), I hiked the East Branch Trail from its southern trailhead in Jackson, NH (Carroll, Co) to its northern terminus in Bean's Purchase (Coos, Co), near the headwaters of the Androscoggin River. 

This was a mid-day hike (Start Time: 11am) and the heat was on. I tracked my hike with eBird and logged birds along the north route only. It did not take long before I blew up the eBird filter for number of Blackburnian Warblers. They were by far the most numerous vocalizing species (see below). Oddly low (only 1) number of Winter Wren, even for the time of day.

Species Count
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1
Blue-headed Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 5
Blue Jay 4
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 11
Red-breasted Nuthatch 8
Brown Creeper 1
Winter Wren 1
Ovenbird 5
Nashville Warbler 2
American Redstart 1
Northern Parula 4
Magnolia Warbler 4
Blackburnian Warbler 24
Black-throated Blue Warbler 10
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
Black-throated Green Warbler 9
Scarlet Tanager 1

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Steve Hale

Owner, Open World Explorers