Red Crossbills in the spruces tops along upper Bald Knob Ridge Trail.
Also Hermit Thrushes, Winter Wrens, Blackburnian Warbler, Golden-crowned
Kinglets and more - list below.
2 Yellow-billed Cuckoos along the Point Lookout Trail. Both near near the
train trestles. One sang the "rain-crow song" excitedly at the approach of
a train. A good diversity of species along this paved, gradual trail!
List Below. - I may have heard a Kentucky Warbler right at Lookout Point
- flag pole, could not call it for sure with out seeing it, esp with the
abundance of Wrens in the area.
Lastly- I found one Swainson's Warbler on Curtis Creek, just above the
upper most camp site.
~ Luke Cannon
Blue Ridge Pkwy--Bald Knob Ridge Trail, Yancey, North Carolina, US
Jun 1, 2015 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments: This includes about a mile on the parkway on either side of
the trail head, and 1 mile down the trail. 65 F. Some light rain
sprinkles, mild to medium breeze, becoming windy.
20 species (+1 other taxa)
Turkey Vulture 1
hawk sp. 2
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 1
Common Raven 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Winter Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 5
Veery 2
Hermit Thrush 2
American Robin 1
Hooded Warbler 2
Blackburnian Warbler 5
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 5
Canada Warbler 2
Eastern Towhee 3
Dark-eyed Junco 7
Indigo Bunting 2
Red Crossbill 9
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Pisgah NF--Point Lookout Trail, McDowell, North Carolina, US
Jun 1, 2015 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments: Walked down and back up the trail from the East entrance.
27 species
Mourning Dove 5
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2 Heard and seen, near the train trestles. One
started singing emphatically just as a train was approaching.
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 3
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 9
Veery 1
Wood Thrush 3
Ovenbird 1
Worm-eating Warbler 4
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Hooded Warbler 5
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 9
Eastern Towhee 7
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 4
Indigo Bunting 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
American Goldfinch 5
