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Teddy
Roosevelt Bird Walk
2 July 2011
Adirondack
Birding Center Director Brian McAllister led a bird walk on the
Boreal Life Trail on 2 July 2011.
The walk was part of the "TR"
Birding Series. The walk began at 8:00 AM, when we met at
the parking lot at the Paul Smith's College VIC.
The
highlight of the walk was a sighting of three Gray
Jays – two adults and a juvenile, the latter still in
his dark sooty plumage – on the path above the lookout on
Barnum Pond. We also had a nice close-up view of a Common
Yellowthroat (by the Barnum Pond lookout) and of a male Osprey
doing an aerial courtship display.
We
heard the following birds near the parking area:
In the woods
on the Boreal Life Trail, we saw or heard the following birds:
Along the
board walk, we heard or saw the following birds
On Barnum
Pond, we saw or heard the following birds:
  We
also identified a large number of plants and wildflowers, including:
- Rose Pogonia
- Sheep Laurel
- Labrador
Tea
- Bog Laurel
- Pitcher
Plant
- Bog Rosemary
- Sundew
- Tamarack
(American Larch)
- Black Spruce
- Common
Wood Sorrel
- Creeping
Snowberry (not blooming)
- Bogbean
- Marsh Cinquefoil
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