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Late June White Mtn Trip

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In late June Karin and I took a trip to New Hampshire's White Mountains, day one 6/26 was a nice hike up to Mt. Osceola and East Osceola, from Tripoli Road near Waterville Valley. I kept track of birds heard (and a few seen) on the hike:
SpeciesCount
Turkey Vulture1
Broad-winged Hawk1
Hairy Woodpecker1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher2
Red-eyed Vireo3
Black-capped Chickadee2
Red-breasted Nuthatch1
Winter Wren4
Golden-crowned Kinglet1
Bicknell's Thrush3 (1 at 3800', another near the summit of Osceola and one more between Osceola and the east peak.)
Swainson's Thrush6 seemed low
Ovenbird2
Nashville Warbler5
Magnolia Warbler3
Blackpoll Warbler12
Black-throated Blue Warbler2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)13
Black-throated Green Warbler6
White-throated Sparrow6
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)6

A few pictures from the hike:

An eastern from Osceola with Mt. Chocorua far left (and distant) , Passaconaway "just" visible behind North Tripyramid Mtn. (with the slide), Middle and South Tripyramid and Whiteface Mtn.

The North West view from with the Kinsmans, the canon balls and Canon Mtn., Flume, Liberty, Lincoln and Lafayette. 

View to the North East with the northern Presidentials, Washington, Carrigan and the Wildcats and Caters to the right. The Kancamagas High can be seen "snaking" through the middle.

This Dark-eyed Junco had a territory with a view, which its all fun and games until the NH state "view-tax" bill shows up!
The following day I did a 5 mile loop hike to East and Little East Ponds, also from Tripoli Road, this time with more of an emphasis on birding. Swainson's Thrush was the most numerously detected species, with 21. The ratio of Red-eyed (17) to Blue-headed Vireos (6) seemed backwards to what I might have expected, but there was plenty of habitat for both species. East Pond has an interesting history, for more see this write-upby Steve Smith. 
Photos and bird list below:
A handsome Black-throated Green Warbler playing hide and seek near East Pond

A fuzzy pic of a Swaison's Thrush

A Hermit Thrush

A male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

A female Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, noisy youngsters could be heard calling from within the nest hole to the right.

Swallowtail near East Pond

This cool looking beetle was near an older clear cut


I had a nice conversation with this young man, from Andover, Ma., he hauled in a few Brook Trout during our chat, beautiful fish in a beautiful location.. 


I was a bit surprised to find these two drake mallards on Little East Pond,
the right bird in eclipse plumage. 
A list from the East Pond loop:

Mallard2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker3
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher1
Least Flycatcher1
Blue-headed Vireo6
Red-eyed Vireo17
Black-capped Chickadee3
Red-breasted Nuthatch5
Brown Creeper2
Winter Wren7
Golden-crowned Kinglet  5
Swainson's Thrush21
Hermit Thrush4
American Robin1
Cedar Waxwing2
Ovenbird12
Nashville Warbler2
American Redstart5
Magnolia Warbler7
Blackburnian Warbler4
Chestnut-sided Warbler  9
Blackpoll Warbler 6
Black-throated Blue Warbler 16
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  9
Black-throated Green Warbler 19
White-throated Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 6


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