Field notes, v669
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June 20-23, 1976, Aspen-Snowmass, Pitkin Co. Colorado 7,500-11,300'el, clear to brkn,shrs. Mallards and 1/4-grown young on West Lake.6/22 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Golden Eagle carrying squirrel, 6/23 Blue Grouse - Fw/1"hi mostly-downy young. Stayed at water's edge. Talked w/hen 5 minutes,p.m. Coots on West Lake Mourning Doves Broad-tailed Hummer-F to nest atop dangling root, 8-10" in from vertical of dirt bank overhang. above creek. Nest lichen-covered and 10' over water, 2 1/2' below cliff tpp. Black-chinned Hummer - only a few. B-t's everywhere. Flickers common Hairy Woodpecker - 1 Sapsucker -Yel-bel - 1 at 10,000' on old snag, 6/22 Say Phoebe - lower end of Snowmass Hammond Flycatchers Dusky Flycatchers Western Flycatchers W. Wood Pewee Olive-sided Flycatcher Violet-green Swallows very common, including young Tree Swallow - few Barn Swallow - few Cliff Swallow - 2 Stellar Jays - diff. call than I recall Clarke Nutcracker - 1 at 11,000' 6/22 Mountain Chickadee White-brsted, Red-breasted, and Pigmy Nuthatches Lesser Goldfinches - few at lower levels Brown Creeper Hluse Wrens at most elevations Dipper below Trestle in Garnet Gulch 6/22 Robins common - 1/2-3/4 grown out of nests Mountain Bluebirds Townsend Solitaire - 2 Swainson Thrush Starling - 2 Solitary Vireos Warbling Vireos Nashville Warbler 6/21 Tennessee Warbler 6/21 Yellow Warbler Audubon Warblers feeding well-grown young. MacGilvray Warblers common Mourming Warbler - NEW no eyering 6/22 Wilson Warbler Redwings at West Lake Cowbirds Western Tanager Black-headed Grosbeak M Pine Grosbeak M at 810,500' Evening Grosbeak at lodges Cassin Purple Finches Red Crossbills - several Redpoll - 1 full adult male at 10,000'-extremely white around red on head - Hoary?? Pine Siskins extremely abundant low where fields of dandelions gone to seed. Grey-headed Juncos Chipping Sparrows at lower levels Brewer8s Sparrows - insect like trills White-crowned Sparrows Lincoln Sparrows Song Sparrows. June 30, 1976, Common Egret at Boston Airport.Mass. June 30, 1976, Bangor to Ellsworth, Hancock Co. Maine. Ovc. Occl RW-, Cool breezy, W winds. Herring Gulls Common Crow Solitary Vireo Cape May Warbler noon-1:30 p.m. Black-backed Gull Robin Philade&phia Vireo N Waterthrush Cowbirds 4206 Tree Swallows Hermit Thrush Yellow Warbler Bobolinks Indigo Bunting-2 Barn Swallows Swainson Thrush Myrtle Warbler Redwings Purple Finch-2 Blue Jay Starling Blk-thrtGreen Warbler C. Grackles June 30, 1976, Mt. Desert Isle, Acadia NaPark Hq to Otter Pt, Seal & NE Harbor. Mt.Cadillac, Jordan Pond. 2-6 p.m. Low ovc. windy, poor visibility. Common Loons- 2 in winter? Plum Barn Swallows Hermit Thrush Blackburnian Warbler Doub.Crst Cormorants-sev. Tree Swallows Starling Bay Brst. Warbler Common Scoter - 2 C. Crows Cedar Waxwings Blk thrt. Green War b Old Eagle pr @ Somey Sound Winter Wren Sol. Vireo Redstart C.Goldf. Herring Gulls R obin Yellow Warbler Cardinals Song sp.