Seven observers from Rutland County Audubon had a productive morning at Atiken State Forest in Mendon as part of its ongoing monitoring there. Forty-five species were observed with lots of breeding activty evident.
Ruffed Grouse 11 (two family groups observed)
Wild Turkey 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 5
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2
Black-billed Cuckoo 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 13
Downy Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 6
Least Flycatcher 7
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 38
Blue Jay 10
Common Raven 4
Black-capped Chickadee 14
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 8
Brown Creeper 1
Winter Wren 4
Veery 9 (adult observed carrying food)
Hermit Thrush 11 (adult observed carrying food)
Wood Thrush 5
American Robin 12
Cedar Waxwing 4
Nashville Warbler 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 25 (adult male feeding young; another carrying food; two other fledglings observed)
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Black-throated Green Warbler 11
Blackburnian Warbler 6
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart 11
Ovenbird 29 (distraction display observed; another pair very agitated)
Mourning Warbler 3 (adult observed carrying food; another pair agitated)
Common Yellowthroat 1
Scarlet Tanager 10 (adult observed carrying food)
Chipping Sparrow 2 (adult observed carrying food)
Dark-eyed Junco 31 (two adults observed carrying food)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Purple Finch 1
American Goldfinch 4
Sue Elliott
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