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