Haden Gerrish, Esq. and Dr. Jay Pitocchelli with Great Black Hawk in the background
Great Black Hawk Photo
Great Black Hawk Video
I completed my most recent field work recording Mourning Warblers in 2019. I am currently conducting several research projects in my retirement: temporal change in song of the Mourning Warbler, using song to study migratory connectivity in the Mourning Warbler, Birds of the World accounts for the Connecticut and MacGillivray’s Warblers.
| Number | Species |
| 1 | Canada Goose |
| 2 | Turkey Vulture |
| 3 | Broad-winged Hawk |
| 4 | Merlin |
| 5 | Ring-billed Gull |
| 6 | Mourning Dove |
| 7 | Hairy Woodpecker |
| 8 | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
| 9 | Blue-headed Vireo |
| 10 | Red-eyed Vireo |
| 11 | Blue Jay |
| 12 | American Crow |
| 13 | Common Raven |
| 14 | Black-capped Chickadee |
| 15 | Red-breasted Nuthatch |
| 16 | Winter Wren |
| 17 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
| 18 | Veery |
| 19 | Swainson's Thrush |
| 20 | Hermit Thrush |
| 21 | American Robin |
| 22 | Cedar Waxwing |
| 23 | Northern Parula |
| 24 | Chestnut-sided Warbler |
| 25 | Magnolia Warbler |
| 26 | Black-throated Blue Warbler |
| 27 | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| 28 | Black-throated Green Warbler |
| 29 | Black-and-white Warbler |
| 30 | Ovenbird |
| 31 | Common Yellowthroat |
| 32 | White-throated Sparrow |
| 33 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
| 34 | Common Grackle |
| Number | Species |
| 1 | Canada Goose |
| 2 | Double-crested Cormorant |
| 3 | Great Blue Heron |
| 4 | Turkey Vulture |
| 5 | Ring-billed Gull |
| 6 | Herring Gull |
| 7 | Northern Flicker |
| 8 | Red-eyed Vireo |
| 9 | Barn Swallow |
| 10 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
| 11 | Cedar Waxwing |
| 12 | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| 13 | Common Yellowthroat |
| 14 | Song Sparrow |
| 15 | Swamp Sparrow |
| 16 | White-throated Sparrow |
| 17 | Red-winged Blackbird |
| 18 | Common Grackle |
| Number | Species |
| 1 | Mallard |
| 2 | Turkey Vulture |
| 3 | Broad-winged Hawk |
| 4 | Spotted Sandpiper |
| 5 | Herring Gull |
| 6 | Mourning Dove |
| 7 | Downy Woodpecker |
| 8 | Hairy Woodpecker |
| 9 | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
| 10 | Alder Flycatcher |
| 11 | Blue-headed Vireo |
| 12 | Red-eyed Vireo |
| 13 | Blue Jay |
| 14 | American Crow |
| 15 | Black-capped Chickadee |
| 16 | Red-breasted Nuthatch |
| 17 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
| 18 | Veery |
| 19 | Hermit Thrush |
| 20 | American Robin |
| 21 | Cedar Waxwing |
| 22 | Northern Parula |
| 23 | Chestnut-sided Warbler |
| 24 | Magnolia Warbler |
| 25 | Black-throated Blue Warbler |
| 26 | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| 27 | Black-throated Green Warbler |
| 28 | Blackburnian Warbler |
| 29 | Black-and-white Warbler |
| 30 | American Redstart |
| 31 | Ovenbird |
| 32 | Common Yellowthroat |
| 33 | Song Sparrow |
| 34 | White-throated Sparrow |
| 35 | Red-winged Blackbird |
| 36 | Common Grackle |
| 37 | Purple Finch |
| 38 | Pine Siskin |
| 39 | American Goldfinch |
| Number | Species |
| 1 | Ring-billed Gull |
| 2 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
| 3 | Hairy Woodpecker |
| 4 | Blue-headed Vireo |
| 5 | Red-eyed Vireo |
| 6 | Blue Jay |
| 7 | American Crow |
| 8 | Black-capped Chickadee |
| 9 | Red-breasted Nuthatch |
| 10 | Winter Wren |
| 11 | Veery |
| 12 | Hermit Thrush |
| 13 | American Robin |
| 14 | Cedar Waxwing |
| 15 | Northern Parula |
| 16 | Magnolia Warbler |
| 17 | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| 18 | Black-throated Green Warbler |
| 19 | American Redstart |
| 20 | Ovenbird |
| 21 | Common Yellowthroat |
| 22 | Chipping Sparrow |
| 23 | Song Sparrow |
| 24 | White-throated Sparrow |
| 25 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
| 26 | Common Grackle |
| 27 | Purple Finch |
| 28 | American Goldfinch |
| Number | Species |
| 1 | Mallard |
| 2 | Ruffed Grouse |
| 3 | Great Blue Heron |
| 4 | Ring-billed Gull |
| 5 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
| 6 | Downy Woodpecker |
| 7 | Hairy Woodpecker |
| 8 | Eastern Wood-Pewee |
| 9 | Alder Flycatcher |
| 10 | Blue-headed Vireo |
| 11 | Red-eyed Vireo |
| 12 | Blue Jay |
| 13 | American Crow |
| 14 | Black-capped Chickadee |
| 15 | Red-breasted Nuthatch |
| 16 | Winter Wren |
| 17 | Veery |
| 18 | Swainson's Thrush |
| 19 | Hermit Thrush |
| 20 | Wood Thrush |
| 21 | American Robin |
| 22 | European Starling |
| 23 | Cedar Waxwing |
| 24 | Northern Parula |
| 25 | Magnolia Warbler |
| 26 | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| 27 | Black-throated Green Warbler |
| 28 | Pine Warbler |
| 29 | American Redstart |
| 30 | Ovenbird |
| 31 | Common Yellowthroat |
| 32 | Song Sparrow |
| 33 | Swamp Sparrow |
| 34 | White-throated Sparrow |
| 35 | Scarlet Tanager |
| 36 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
| 37 | Purple Finch |
| 38 | American Goldfinch |
| Number | Species |
| 1 | Red-breasted Merganser |
| 2 | Common Loon |
| 3 | Double-crested Cormorant |
| 4 | Turkey Vulture |
| 5 | Osprey |
| 6 | Bald Eagle |
| 7 | Bonaparte's Gull |
| 8 | Ring-billed Gull |
| 9 | Herring Gull |
| 10 | Caspian Tern |
| 11 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
| 12 | Belted Kingfisher |
| 13 | Pileated Woodpecker |
| 14 | Red-eyed Vireo |
| 15 | American Crow |
| 16 | Red-breasted Nuthatch |
| 17 | Winter Wren |
| 18 | Hermit Thrush |
| 19 | Nashville Warbler |
| 20 | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| 21 | Black-throated Green Warbler |
| 22 | Pine Warbler |
| 23 | Blackpoll Warbler |
| 24 | Black-and-white Warbler |
| 25 | American Redstart |
| 26 | Ovenbird |
| 27 | Common Yellowthroat |
| 28 | Song Sparrow |
| 29 | White-throated Sparrow |
| Number | Species |
| 1 | Common Loon |
| 2 | Turkey Vulture |
| 3 | Ring-billed Gull |
| 4 | Herring Gull |
| 5 | Rock Pigeon |
| 6 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
| 7 | Pileated Woodpecker |
| 8 | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
| 9 | Red-eyed Vireo |
| 10 | American Crow |
| 11 | Common Raven |
| 12 | American Robin |
| 13 | European Starling |
| 14 | Cedar Waxwing |
| 15 | Northern Parula |
| 16 | Magnolia Warbler |
| 17 | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| 18 | Song Sparrow |
| 19 | White-throated Sparrow |
| Number | Species |
| 1 | Turkey Vulture |
| 2 | Herring Gull |
| 3 | Mourning Dove |
| 4 | Northern Flicker |
| 5 | Pileated Woodpecker |
| 6 | Blue-headed Vireo |
| 7 | Red-eyed Vireo |
| 8 | Blue Jay |
| 9 | American Crow |
| 10 | Common Raven |
| 11 | Red-breasted Nuthatch |
| 12 | Winter Wren |
| 13 | Veery |
| 14 | American Robin |
| 15 | Cedar Waxwing |
| 16 | Northern Parula |
| 17 | Chestnut-sided Warbler |
| 18 | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| 19 | Black-and-white Warbler |
| 20 | American Redstart |
| 21 | Ovenbird |
| 22 | Common Yellowthroat |
| 23 | Chipping Sparrow |
| 24 | Song Sparrow |
| 25 | White-throated Sparrow |
| 26 | Common Grackle |
| 27 | Purple Finch |
| Number | Species |
| 1 | Common Loon |
| 2 | Turkey Vulture |
| 3 | Bald Eagle |
| 4 | Merlin |
| 5 | Red-eyed Vireo |
| 6 | American Crow |
| 7 | Hermit Thrush |
| 8 | American Robin |
| 9 | American Redstart |
| 10 | Common Yellowthroat |
| 11 | White-throated Sparrow |
| Number | Species |
| 1 | Canada Goose |
| 2 | Common Goldeneye |
| 3 | Common Loon |
| 4 | Turkey Vulture |
| 5 | Broad-winged Hawk |
| 6 | Red-tailed Hawk |
| 7 | American Kestrel |
| 8 | Spotted Sandpiper |
| 9 | Greater Yellowlegs |
| 10 | Wilson's Snipe |
| 11 | Bonaparte's Gull |
| 12 | Rock Pigeon |
| 13 | Mourning Dove |
| 14 | Belted Kingfisher |
| 15 | Northern Flicker |
| 16 | Olive-sided Flycatcher |
| 17 | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
| 18 | Blue-headed Vireo |
| 19 | Red-eyed Vireo |
| 20 | Gray Jay |
| 21 | Blue Jay |
| 22 | American Crow |
| 23 | Common Raven |
| 24 | Black-capped Chickadee |
| 25 | Winter Wren |
| 26 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
| 27 | Swainson's Thrush |
| 28 | Hermit Thrush |
| 29 | American Robin |
| 30 | European Starling |
| 31 | Cedar Waxwing |
| 32 | Tennessee Warbler |
| 33 | Nashville Warbler |
| 34 | Northern Parula |
| 35 | Chestnut-sided Warbler |
| 36 | Magnolia Warbler |
| 37 | American Redstart |
| 38 | Ovenbird |
| 39 | Mourning Warbler |
| 40 | Common Yellowthroat |
| 41 | Chipping Sparrow |
| 42 | Song Sparrow |
| 43 | Lincoln's Sparrow |
| 44 | Swamp Sparrow |
| 45 | White-throated Sparrow |
| 46 | Dark-eyed Junco |
| 47 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
| 48 | Red-winged Blackbird |
| 49 | Common Grackle |
| 50 | Purple Finch |
| 51 | Pine Siskin |
| Running Tally - males from 2018 | ||
| STATE/PROVINCE | # of Males | Running Tally |
| Maine | 27 | 27 |
| QC - Normand, Girardville | 19 | 46 |
| QC - Lebel-sur-Quevillion | 35 | 81 |
| ON - Cochrane | 23 | 104 |
| ON - Hearst | 33 | 137 |
| ON - Geraldton | 27 | 164 |
| ON - Dorion | 43 | 207 |
| ON - Dryden-Minitaki | 27 | 234 |
| Number | Species |
| 1 | Canada Goose |
| 2 | Herring Gull |
| 3 | Rock Pigeon |
| 4 | Hairy Woodpecker at nest with young |
| 5 | Red-eyed Vireo |
| 6 | Blue Jay |
| 7 | American Crow |
| 8 | Common Raven |
| 9 | Black-capped Chickadee |
| 10 | Winter Wren |
| 11 | European Starling |
| 12 | Cedar Waxwing |
| 13 | Nashville Warbler |
| 14 | Chestnut-sided Warbler |
| 15 | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| 16 | Black-throated Green Warbler |
| 17 | Blackburnian Warbler |
| 18 | American Redstart |
| 19 | White-throated Sparrow |
| 20 | Red-winged Blackbird |
| 21 | Common Grackle |
| 22 | American Goldfinch |
| 23 | House Sparrow |
| Number | Species |
| 1 | Ruffed Grouse |
| 2 | Common Loon |
| 3 | Red-tailed Hawk |
| 4 | American Kestrel |
| 5 | Belted Kingfisher |
| 6 | Northern Flicker |
| 7 | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
| 8 | Alder Flycatcher |
| 9 | Red-eyed Vireo |
| 10 | Blue Jay |
| 11 | American Crow |
| 12 | Common Raven |
| 13 | Black-capped Chickadee |
| 14 | Boreal Chickadee |
| 15 | Red-breasted Nuthatch |
| 16 | Winter Wren |
| 17 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
| 18 | Veery |
| 19 | Swainson's Thrush |
| 20 | Hermit Thrush |
| 21 | American Robin |
| 22 | Cedar Waxwing |
| 23 | Nashville Warbler |
| 24 | Northern Parula |
| 25 | Black-throated Green Warbler |
| 26 | American Redstart |
| 27 | Ovenbird |
| 28 | Mourning Warbler |
| 29 | Canada Warbler |
| 30 | Chipping Sparrow |
| 31 | White-throated Sparrow |
| 32 | Common Grackle |
| 33 | Purple Finch |
| 34 | American Goldfinch |
| Running Tally - males from 2018 | ||
| STATE/PROVINCE | # of Males | Running Tally |
| Maine | 27 | 27 |
| QC - Normand, Girardville | 19 | 46 |
| QC - Lebel-sur-Quevillion | 35 | 81 |
| ON - Cochrane | 23 | 104 |
| ON - Hearst | 33 | 137 |
| ON - Geraldton | 27 | 164 |
| ON - Dorion | 43 | 207 |
| Number | Species |
| 1 | Ruffed Grouse |
| 2 | Spruce Grouse |
| 3 | Common Loon |
| 4 | Turkey Vulture |
| 5 | Northern Harrier |
| 6 | Red-tailed Hawk |
| 7 | American Kestrel |
| 8 | Wilson's Snipe |
| 9 | Rock Pigeon |
| 10 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
| 11 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
| 12 | Northern Flicker |
| 13 | Pileated Woodpecker |
| 14 | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
| 15 | Alder Flycatcher |
| 16 | Blue-headed Vireo |
| 17 | Red-eyed Vireo |
| 18 | Blue Jay |
| 19 | American Crow |
| 20 | Common Raven |
| 21 | Black-capped Chickadee |
| 22 | Red-breasted Nuthatch |
| 23 | Winter Wren |
| 24 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
| 25 | Swainson's Thrush |
| 26 | Hermit Thrush |
| 27 | American Robin |
| 28 | European Starling |
| 29 | Cedar Waxwing |
| 30 | Nashville Warbler |
| 31 | Northern Parula |
| 32 | Chestnut-sided Warbler |
| 33 | Magnolia Warbler |
| 34 | Black-throated Blue Warbler |
| 35 | Black-and-white Warbler |
| 36 | American Redstart |
| 37 | Ovenbird |
| 38 | Northern Waterthrush |
| 39 | Mourning Warbler |
| 40 | Canada Warbler |
| 41 | White-throated Sparrow |
| 42 | Dark-eyed Junco |
| 43 | Common Grackle |
| 44 | Purple Finch |
| 45 | Pine Siskin |