On Sunday, I went for a hike on the Emily Proctor Trail to the summit of Mt. Wilson. It's one of my favorite hikes in the Green Mountains and I do it a few times every year and at least once every fall. One nice surprise was a Fox Sparrow in spruce-fir forest a bit below the Emily Proctor shelter. I also encountered several mixed species flocks with high numbers of Yellow-rumped Warblers and Ruby-crowned Kinglets and a nice array of other warblers including a late Black-and-White, Northern Parula, Tennessee, a couple of Palms, a few Blackpolls, and a female Black-throated Blue Warbler. At the viewpoint from the summit, a Merlin and a Sharp-shinned Hawk interacted repeatedly, and each perched on a snag close to me.
David Hof
Emily Proctor Trail, Addison, US-VT
Oct 5, 2014 1:05 PM - 4:07 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.5 mile(s)
Comments: several mixed species flocks encountered, with 4 especially large flocks.
25 species
Ruffed Grouse 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 8
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Blue-headed Vireo 7 In each of two mixed species flocks, 3 individuals were seen at once; 1 bird seen in another mixed species flock
Red-eyed Vireo 2 1 bird seen in each of two mixed species flocks
Blue Jay 1
Black-capped Chickadee 46 very abundant; several flocks encountered ranging estimates of 4-12 individuals.
Tufted Titmouse 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 8
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 26 very abundant; counted minimums of 7, 5, 3, & 8 individuals in 4 separate mixed species flocks, and two additional individuals detected
American Robin 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1 In mixed species flock along lower section of trail
Tennessee Warbler 1
Northern Parula 1
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 22 most abundant in spruce-fir forest
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Fox Sparrow 1 In spruce-fir forest 1/4-1/2 mile below Emily Proctor Shelter; first detected by loud, empathic "chuck" note, similar to Brown Thrasher; Very large sparrow with wide beak - upper mandible appeared dark when viewed head-on and lower mandible yellowish or orange-yellow; heavily streaked reddish/rufous with slate-gray on head and neck.
Dark-eyed Junco 3
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Mt. Wilson, Addison, US-VT
Oct 5, 2014 4:07 PM - 5:37 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.8 mile(s)
Comments: Hiked along Long Trail from the Emily Proctor Shelter to viewpoint at summit of Mt. Wilson
12 species
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Interacted repeatedly with Merlin near Mt. Wilson summit
Merlin 1 Interacted repeatedly with sharp-shinned hawk near Mt. Wilson summit
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 13 minimum count
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 18 minimum count; very abundant in flocks
Bay-breasted Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Palm Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 40 extremely abundant; rough conservative estimate
White-throated Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 3
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