29, 30 June 2017, Corner Brook, NL

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29, 30 June 2017, Corner Brook, NL

I am picking up my wife, Kris, in Deer Lake tomorrow.  We are headed to Rocky Harbour for the Canada Day celebration.  We will be hiking in Gros Morne National Park.

View from the hotel room 2017

View from the hotel room in 2006

29 June 2017, Bellburns, NL

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29 June 2017, Bellburns, NL

This road had really paid off with several Mourning Warblers.  I managed to record them before the stormy weather moved in.  Here are some photos of breeding territories and habitat.  It is probably the last day I will ever do field work in Newfoudland.

Localities	Males
Wreck Cove. NS	33
Stephenville Crossing, NL	21
Burgeo Rd., NL	27
Roddickton Rd., NL	30
Port Saunders, Bellburns, NL	24
Total	135

Male BB 12 Breeding Territory

Male BB 14 Breeding Territory

1          Common Loon

2          Northern Harrier

3          Semipalmated Plover

4          Spotted Sandpiper

5          Greater Yellowlegs

6          Wilson's Snipe

7          Great Black-backed Gull

8          Northern Flicker

9          Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

10       Blue-headed Vireo

11       Gray Jay

12       American Crow

13       Common Raven

14       Tree Swallow

15       Ruby-crowned Kinglet

16       Swainson's Thrush

17       American Robin

18       Tennessee Warbler

19       Yellow Warbler

20       Magnolia Warbler

21       Yellow-rumped Warbler

22       Black-throated Green Warbler

23       Black-and-white Warbler

24       American Redstart

25       Northern Waterthrush

26       Mourning Warbler

27       Common Yellowthroat

28       Savannah Sparrow

29       Fox Sparrow

30       Lincoln's Sparrow

31       White-throated Sparrow

32       Dark-eyed Junco

33       Pine Grosbeak

28 June 2017, Port Saunders - Daniel’s Harbour, NL

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28 June 2017, Port Saunders - Daniel’s Harbour, NL

It was a great day near Port Saunders.  The highlight was some foraging by Pine Grosbeaks beside recording some Mourning Warblers.  I camped out near Daniel’s Harbour tonight and managed to have some amazing luck.  There were several warblers singing alongside and off the main road.  Here are some highlights from Daniel’s Harbour.  I did manage to get some video of 2 male Pine Grosbeaks foraging together.

 

Pine Grosbeaks foraging

1          Red-breasted Merganser

2          Northern Harrier

3          Merlin

27-28 June 2017, Port Saunders-Hawkes Bay, Newfoundland

I arrived on 6/27 and managed to get a couple of recordings from 2 different males.  I also tried to get some recordings before the upcoming rain but breeding habitat has been difficult to find.  Here is an example of a breeding territory near town

Male PS5 territory

1          Greater Yellowlegs

2          Wilson's Snipe

3          Ring-billed Gull

4          Herring Gull

5          Great Black-backed Gull

6          Common Tern

7          Downy Woodpecker

8          Hairy Woodpecker

9          Northern Flicker

10       Olive-sided Flycatcher

11       Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

12       Alder Flycatcher

13       Gray Jay

14       American Crow

15       Common Raven

16       Tree Swallow

17       Black-capped Chickadee

18       Boreal Chickadee

19       Red-breasted Nuthatch

20       Winter Wren

21       Ruby-crowned Kinglet

22       Swainson's Thrush

23       Hermit Thrush

24       American Robin

25       European Starling

26       Tennessee Warbler

27       Nashville Warbler

28       Yellow Warbler

29       Magnolia Warbler

30       Yellow-rumped Warbler

31       Black-throated Green Warbler

32       Blackpoll Warbler

33       Black-and-white Warbler

34       American Redstart

35       Mourning Warbler

36       Common Yellowthroat

37       Wilson's Warbler

38       Fox Sparrow

39       Lincoln's Sparrow

40       White-throated Sparrow

41       Pine Grosbeak

42       Purple Finch

43       Pine Siskin

44       House Sparrow

26 June 2017, Roddickton Rd., Rte. 432, near Plum Point, Newfoundland to Port Saunders, NL

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26 June 2017, Roddickton Rd., Rte. 432, near Plum Point, Newfoundland to Port Saunders, NL

I had a fantastic morning with a very cooperative weather pattern.  I completed the playback experiments for Newfoundland and headed to Port Saunders.  I just recorded some birds in Port Saunders this morning and am now in for some rest and relaxation after 7 days in the bush. 

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Here is the Mourning Warbler males recorded tally thus far.

Localities	Males
Wreck Cove. NS	33
Stephenville Crossing, NL	21
Burgeo Rd., NL	27
Roddickton Rd., NL	30
Total	111

1          Northern Harrier

2          Greater Yellowlegs

3          Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

4          Gray Jay

5          Swainson's Thrush

6          American Robin

7          Tennessee Warbler

8          Yellow-rumped Warbler

9          Northern Waterthrush

10       Mourning Warbler

11       Common Yellowthroat

12       Wilson's Warbler

13       Fox Sparrow

14       Lincoln's Sparrow

15       White-throated Sparrow

16       Dark-eyed Junco

17       Purple Finch

25 June 2017, Roddickton Rd., Rte. 432, near Plum Point, Newfoundland

25 June 2017, Roddickton Rd., Rte. 432, near Plum Point, Newfoundland

Another bad start to the day with rain and wind making it difficult to do any research.  It eventually turned sunny and I managed to get some more playback experiments completed.  I managed to find this Moose alongside Rte. 432.

Bull Moose on Rte 432

1          Common Eider

2          Common Merganser

3          Northern Gannet

4          Northern Harrier

5          Rough-legged Hawk (dark phase)

6          Spotted Sandpiper

7          Greater Yellowlegs

8          Wilson's Snipe

9          Ring-billed Gull

10       Herring Gull

11       Great Black-backed Gull

12       Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

13       Gray Jay

14       American Crow

15       Common Raven

16       Tree Swallow

17       Ruby-crowned Kinglet

18       Swainson's Thrush

19       American Robin

20       European Starling

21       Nashville Warbler

22       Yellow Warbler

23       Magnolia Warbler

24       Yellow-rumped Warbler

25       Black-throated Green Warbler

26       Blackpoll Warbler

27       Black-and-white Warbler

28       American Redstart

29       Northern Waterthrush

30       Mourning Warbler

31       Common Yellowthroat

32       Wilson's Warbler

33       Fox Sparrow

34       Lincoln's Sparrow

35       White-throated Sparrow

36       Dark-eyed Junco

37       Pine Grosbeak

38       Purple Finch

39       American Goldfinch

24 June 2017, Roddickton Rd., Rte. 432, near Plum Point, Newfoundland

24 June 2017, Roddickton Rd., Rte. 432, near Plum Point, Newfoundland

I had more success recording males today until it started raining again.  Besides the research success I also had 4 different Moose and 1 Black Bear cub along the road.

1          Common Eider

2          Red-breasted Merganser

3          Common Loon

4          Bald Eagle

5          Rough-legged Hawk (dark phase)

6          Spotted Sandpiper

7          Greater Yellowlegs

8          Wilson's Snipe

9          Ring-billed Gull

10       Herring Gull

11       Great Black-backed Gull

12       Common Tern

13       Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

14       Gray Jay

15       American Crow

16       Black-capped Chickadee

17       Winter Wren

18       Ruby-crowned Kinglet

19       Swainson's Thrush

20       American Robin

21       European Starling

22       Nashville Warbler

23       Yellow Warbler

24       Magnolia Warbler

25       Yellow-rumped Warbler

26       Blackpoll Warbler

27       Northern Waterthrush

28       Mourning Warbler

29       Common Yellowthroat

30       Wilson's Warbler

31       Fox Sparrow

32       Lincoln's Sparrow

33       White-throated Sparrow

34       Dark-eyed Junco

35       Pine Grosbeak

36       Purple Finch

37       American Goldfinch

23 June 2017, Roddickton Rd., Rte. 432, near Plum Point, Newfoundland

23 June 2017, Roddickton Rd., Rte. 432, near Plum Point, Newfoundland

It was a lousy day for anything with periods of rain and clouds all day.  I was able to record some more birds and perform playback experiments (Roddickton 1988 versus Roddickton 2017 songs).  I saw my first Caribou today.  It has an ugly wound on its left flank.  It might be a wound from a predator or an ectoparasite infection.

Caribou on logging road off Rte. 302

1          Greater Scaup

2          Common Eider

3          Common Merganser

4          Common Loon

5          Northern Gannet

6          Northern Harrier

7          Spotted Sandpiper

8          Greater Yellowlegs

9          Wilson's Snipe

10       Ring-billed Gull

11       Herring Gull

12       Great Black-backed Gull

13       Belted Kingfisher

14       Hairy Woodpecker

15       Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

16       Gray Jay

17       American Crow

18       Common Raven

19       Tree Swallow

20       Winter Wren

21       Black-capped Chickadee

22       Ruby-crowned Kinglet

23       Swainson's Thrush

24       Hermit Thrush

25       American Robin

26       European Starling

27       Nashville Warbler

28       Yellow Warbler

29       Magnolia Warbler

30       Yellow-rumped Warbler

31       Blackpoll Warbler

32       Black-and-white Warbler

33       Northern Waterthrush

34       Mourning Warbler

35       Common Yellowthroat

36       Wilson's Warbler

37       Fox Sparrow

38       Lincoln's Sparrow

39       White-throated Sparrow

40       Dark-eyed Junco

41       Pine Grosbeak

42       Purple Finch

43       Pine Siskin

22 June 2017, Roddickton Rd., Rte. 432, near Plum Point, Newfoundland

22 June 2017, Roddickton Rd., Rte. 432, near Plum Point, Newfoundland

It was a good day for recording singing males and the birding was pretty good also.

1          American Black Duck

2          Common Merganser

3          Common Loon

4          Northern Harrier

5          Spotted Sandpiper

6          Greater Yellowlegs

7          Wilson's Snipe

8          Ring-billed Gull

9          Herring Gull

10       Great Black-backed Gull

11       Belted Kingfisher

12       Downy Woodpecker

13       Hairy Woodpecker

14       Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

15       Gray Jay

16       American Crow

17       Common Raven

18       Tree Swallow

19       Black-capped Chickadee

20       Red-breasted Nuthatch

21       Winter Wren

22       Ruby-crowned Kinglet

23       Swainson's Thrush

24       Hermit Thrush

25       American Robin

26       European Starling

27       Nashville Warbler

28       Yellow Warbler

29       Magnolia Warbler

30       Yellow-rumped Warbler

31       Black-throated Green Warbler

32       Blackpoll Warbler

33       Black-and-white Warbler

34       American Redstart

35       Northern Waterthrush

36       Mourning Warbler

37       Common Yellowthroat

38       Wilson's Warbler

39       Fox Sparrow

40       Lincoln's Sparrow

41       White-throated Sparrow

42       Dark-eyed Junco

43       Pine Grosbeak

44       Purple Finch

45       Pine Siskin

21 June 2017, Roddickton Rd., Rte. 432, near Plum Point, Newfoundland

21 June 2017, Roddickton Rd., Rte. 432, near Plum Point, Newfoundland

I had some foul weather days and layover in Corner Brook, NL.  I finally made it up to Plum Point, NL and started field work on a logging road off of Rete 432.  I also had my first real seabirds of the year – 2 Thick-billed Murres in Bird Cove.  I have added some photos of breeding habitat of 3 male territories from the logging road.

Breeding Territory of Male RO1

Breeding Territory of Male RO3

Breeding Territory of Male RO11

1          American Black Duck

2          Common Goldeneye

3          Red-breasted Merganser

4          Northern Harrier

5          Spotted Sandpiper

6          Greater Yellowlegs

7          Wilson's Snipe

8          Ring-billed Gull

9          Great Black-backed Gull

10       Common Murre

11       Belted Kingfisher

12       Hairy Woodpecker

13       Olive-sided Flycatcher

14       Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

15       American Crow

16       Common Raven

17       Tree Swallow

18       Boreal Chickadee

19       Ruby-crowned Kinglet

20       Swainson's Thrush

21       Hermit Thrush

22       American Robin

23       European Starling

24       Tennessee Warbler

25       Nashville Warbler

26       Yellow Warbler

27       Yellow-rumped Warbler

28       Black-throated Green Warbler

29       Blackpoll Warbler

30       Black-and-white Warbler

31       American Redstart

32       Northern Waterthrush

33       Mourning Warbler

34       Common Yellowthroat

35       Fox Sparrow

36       Lincoln's Sparrow

37       White-throated Sparrow

38       Pine Grosbeak

39       Purple Finch

39       Pine Siskin

17 June 2017, Burgeo Rd., Newfoundland

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17 June 2017, Burgeo Rd., Newfoundland

I had one of the best days of the trip recoding Mourning Warblers.  I have finished Burgeo Rd. and am headed north.  I included some photos of breeding habitat and territories of two males. 

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Here is the Mourning Warbler males recorded tally thus far.

Localities	Males
Wreck Cove. NS	33
Stephenville Crossing, NL	21
Burgeo Rd., NL	27
Total	81

BU10 territory

BU20 territory

1          Wilson's Snipe

2          Belted Kingfisher

3          Hairy Woodpecker

4          Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

5          Blue-headed Vireo

6          Blue Jay

7          Common Raven

8          Tree Swallow

9          Boreal Chickadee

10       Ruby-crowned Kinglet

11       Swainson's Thrush

12       Hermit Thrush

13       American Robin

14       Nashville Warbler

15       Yellow Warbler

16       Yellow-rumped Warbler

17       Black-throated Green Warbler

18       Black-and-white Warbler

19       American Redstart

20       Ovenbird

21       Northern Waterthrush

22       Mourning Warbler

23       Common Yellowthroat

24       Wilson's Warbler

25       Fox

26       Lincoln's Sparrow

27       White-throated Sparrow

28       Pine Grosbeak

29       Purple Finch

30       Pine Siskin

16 June 2017, Burgeo Rd., Newfoundland

16 June 2017, Burgeo Rd., Newfoundland

It was much better today for breeding habitat and Mourning Warblers in the mountains and passes off the Burgeo Rd. 

1          Spotted Sandpiper

2          Wilson's Snipe

3          Ruby-throated Hummingbird

4          Hairy Woodpecker

5          Olive-sided Flycatcher

6          Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

7          Blue-headed Vireo

8          Gray Jay

9          American Crow

10       Tree Swallow

11       Ruby-crowned Kinglet

12       Swainson's Thrush

13       Hermit Thrush

14       American Robin

15       Nashville Warbler

16       Yellow Warbler

17       Magnolia Warbler

18       Yellow-rumped Warbler

19       Black-throated Green Warbler

20       Black-and-white Warbler

21       American Redstart

22       Ovenbird

23       Northern Waterthrush

24       Mourning Warbler

25       Common Yellowthroat

26       Wilson's Warbler

27       Fox Sparrow

28       Lincoln's Sparrow

29       White-throated Sparrow

30       Pine Grosbeak

31       Purple Finch

32       Pine Siskin