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| Whiteface Mountain |
Sharon and I are lucky enough to be attending our grandson's hockey tournament here in Lake Placid this weekend. It's been great as the weather has been chilly but without an abundance of the white stuff, our team is playing in the finals tomorrow morning, and we've been able to sneak away between games and hit nearby places in the Adirondacks that we love to bird . So far, we've visited Bigelow Bog, Lake Placid and Whiteface Mountain. Even though we only get away for an hour or so each time, it's been enough to bag two new year birds and an elusive lifer for me, the Boreal chickadee.
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| Boreal chickadee |
There were several Boreals at Bigelow Bog sprinkled in among a larger flock of Black-capped chickadees which were all in resplendent fresh Black, white and gray plumage.
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| Black-capped chickadee |
Siskins were found along the road up to the gatehouse at the entrance to Whiteface Mountain drive. We had searched the other areas pretty thoroughly with no results until we found this pair.
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| Pine siskins |
The Red-breasted nuthatch has been a nemesis for us this year. We had the white-breasted and the Brown-headed, but I really was beginning to believe that we'd go the entire year without this bird. Fortunately, the first edge of bog and coniferous forest that we checked produced the nasal note of this red-breasted and eventually fine views.
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| Red-breasted nuthatch |
What a great weekend all the way around! We head back to Orange County tomorrow after the tournament finals and hopefully a gold medal for the boys. Basically, we were all winners this December weekend.
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