Sunday, May 23, 2010

Birding Quincy Bog by Jeremy Phillips

By Jeremy Phillips, Rey Center Education Associate

Quincy Bog, Rumney, NH
This gorgeous 1-mile loop is full of wildlife. This walk was mostly about birds, but a small jaunt off the main path onto “the point” made the additional quarter mile worthwhile. The whole point was covered in pink lady slippers. This is also where an unidentified bird was heard, our 26th bird - I’ll get back to you if I figure out what it was! There were many highlights along the trail including a pair of northern orioles bringing food back to the nest and a very close look at a yellow-bellied sapsucker poking its head out from behind a tree.  The whole list is as follows:


Canada goose

Mallard
Belted kingfisher
Yellow-bellied sapsucker
Downy woodpecker
Eastern wood-pewee
Easter phoebe
Red-eyed vireo
Blue jay
Tree swallow
Red-breasted nuthatch
White-breasted nuthatch
American robin
Cedar waxwing
Black-throated blue warbler
Black-throated green warbler
Black and white warbler
Ovenbird
Common yellowthroat
Chipping sparrow
Song sparrow
Swamp sparrow
Red-winged blackbird
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole

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