Nice video on Bicknells thrushes, beautiful mountain

Thanks Bob. You've given another great road trip to put on my bucket list.

Big Congrats on seeing Bicknell's Thrush..AWESOME CLOSEUPS! SO COOL! Great job on identifying those songs of the warblers. Awesome views from all the mountains especially Mt. Washington. Thanks for posting Bob. Love your channel 😄🥳

6:32 - I love that you're able to detect the change in scenery by the bird calls before you even notice the...change in scenery.

@Bob_Duchesne

20 күн бұрын

Yeah, I was genuinely surprised. It was hermit thrushes and ovenbirds all the way down the trail...and then suddenly, BOOM. Different birds.

Wow, Bicknell's thrushes sound really similar to veeries. It just so happens that I'll be hiking in Franconia Notch in a couple days... hopefully I'll get to hear some. Love your videos, Bob!

@Bob_Duchesne

20 күн бұрын

Best advice: Make sure you know the call notes. They do that more than the singing, which makes them a lot easier than it seems.

Beautiful area. I would love to visit some day, and maybe get me a Bicknell's Thrush. I live in Colorado. I see American Pipets also, but they are usually above timberline, 11,500 feet and higher. at lower elevations,below timberline, lot's of singing Hermit Thrushes too.

Those pipits were awesome! Still loving your videos.

@Bob_Duchesne

20 күн бұрын

Yeah, I expected them to be cooperative, but not THIS cooperative. So easy.

Another awesome video. I saw my first Bicknell’s on Mt Mansfield 28 years ago. We have them on Killington too. That Cannon Tram is a sure bet to seeing Bicknell’s . I saw one Am Pipit along the bank of the CT River in Chester in Jan when looking for Eagles. Thanks for sharing all your findings!

Thank you for another fun video.

Excellent video - thanks, Bob!

Another terrific video, thank you!

Hubby and I do shore birds counts in Qld, Australia and we get thousands in summer.

I actually got my life and FL state BITH at Sebastian Inlet SP in Indian River County on May 10, 2020. Also, my Brevard County bird (my home county) at Maritime Hammock Sanctuary on May 14, 2022. Both during spring migration. Another awesome video. I have a friend that wants to get to Maine so maybe next year. If so I'll keep you posted. It would be a treat to bird with you again.

@Bob_Duchesne

19 күн бұрын

Oddly, I've been thinking for a few years that the Space Coast Festival is enticing.

Great video!! Just got back from an Acadia Puffin Cruise with Trish and Steve. Really enjoy those puffin.

@Bob_Duchesne

20 күн бұрын

That's such a great trip, and Trish and Steve are awesome.

Man I have been hunting so hard for Bicknell's for the last month... I started just a little too late, it seems. At least I'm getting good exercise hoofing it up all these tall mountains

Beautiful ❤

Whiteface Mountain in New York State is another great place to pick up the species you described. I just drove up there last week to get the Bicknells thrush and Boreal chickadee. The road tops out at around 4600 feet.

@Bob_Duchesne

20 күн бұрын

I've only done Whiteface once, and that was winter many years ago. But it looks like the summer chairlift goes to an absolutely perfect spot, too - about 3700 feet.

Good one, Bob. But then, all of your videos are good.

Great video! I have seen Bicknell's on Mt. Mansfield, but I'm delighted to have some new mountains to try! Thank you!

@Bob_Duchesne

20 күн бұрын

There's a spot on the Caps Ridge Trail on Mt Jefferson that is awesome for Bicknell's. I think I'll try that next year.

I bet their is a lot of ruffed grouse in those thick firs.They like that kind of habitat,because its keeps the predators away.

@Bob_Duchesne

20 күн бұрын

More spruce grouse than ruffed up there, but even they find krummholz to be a little too thick. They hang just below the stunted spruce zone. Hikers are always stumbling upon them at the upper elevations of the White Mountains. Still, I have seen Bicknell's thrush and spruce grouse while standing in the same spot atop Big Moose Mountain in Maine.

The only place I have ever seen pipits is a mudflat on Messalonskee lake.

@Bob_Duchesne

20 күн бұрын

It's funny. When they pass through in autumn, they're pretty noisy. But they tend to be a couple hundred yards up where you'd never notice them except for the calls. They're fun that way.

Some of that habitat in NH looks good for Blackpoll. Did you find any of those?

@Bob_Duchesne

12 күн бұрын

Oh, yes. They were common. They were also jerks - thoroughly uncooperative. I couldn't persuade any of them to pose, or even come closer.

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