Field Ornithology - Journal #3

Today, on May 20th 2020, I went to Camels Hump State Park to go birding. I met my friend Taylor around 7:15 in the morning and ran into a few other people from our class that we ended up birding with for the day. Heading up the Burrows Trail, we got to the summit around 10 am and made it back to the bottom around 12 in the afternoon, just in time to make it home for our afternoon meeting. In the early morning it was in the low 50’s and chilly enough for a jacket. However, around 8:30 am it became warm enough to drop some layers. We ended up with weather in the low 70’s and complete blue skies with no wind. Camels Hump took us into a densely forested habitat that had two distinct sections. In the lower elevation, we were surrounded by mostly hardwoods and pines. This area consisted of many roots and rocks and mud on the trails. When we reached a higher elevation there was a distinct change to birch trees. In the higher elevation area there was also quite a bit of snow and hard ice on the trail that made making it to the summit rather difficult. Throughout the hike, there was a stream that followed along the side of the trail as well. Overall, this area allowed me to see many new warblers and other forest birds that I had never heard before.

Publicado el 20 de mayo de 2020 a las 06:18 PM por g_underhill