Great timing for this informative video. I am heading up to the Allagash Wilderness Waterway for a week long canoe trip, fingers crossed for finding the two rarest! I only get to see Cape May and Bay-breasted on migration and missed good looks at both this Spring.
Thank you Bob for yet another wonderful video! It's funny that you said Bay-Breasteds like thick stands of Spruce and Fir and yet the one you filmed was on a Tamarack : ) Secondly, we used to live in Eastport and before that West Paris. When we moved to Western MA two years ago I decided to go hiking on Mt. Tom and once I got up along a meandering mountain stream, there were multiple multiple Louisiana Waterthrushes! They were everywhere! And I was so used to almost never seeing them in Maine (but for Monhegan in Spring) that at first I was confused. Also, we were camping at Crooked River State Park in Georgia in late November 2019, and there were at least 100 Pine Warblers walking on the grass and roads around the campground, and at least 60 Palm Warblers hanging out nearby. Lastly, we didn't have Snappers (one of yours seemed to be laying eggs!) but plenty of Gopher Tortoises, who are really great.
Thanks. I certainly have fun doing it. As you know, around Eastport, if it's damp where the spruce is, tamaracks are there, too. I think this Bay-breasted was shot in Moosehorn NWR - Edwards Division. And, yes, the snapper was laying eggs. In fact, I was surrounded by them, all doing it. Kind of weird but fun.
@@Bob_Duchesne So many points of connection! I first spent time in Lubec and environs in 1988 and upon my very first incursion into Moosehorn (the unit closer to Lubec) I stepped out of the car and was greeted among small Spruces by a) 2 Boreal Chickadees and b) 5,000 mosquitoes. On another Moosehorn expedition I was on a narrow trail and a Cape May Warbler was on a low branch stump right by the trail (eye level) and seemed to be in distress. I thought about doing "something" to help it and no sooner did I think this thought and lean toward it, it hissed at me! So I moved on and walked about for an hour. Upon my return, I found that Cape May dead on the ground beneath that Balsam. I concluded that it was its time to die and it wanted to not be interfered with...a kind of wisdom, expressed non-verbally.
Wild BOB Duchesne, I have never been able to grasp birding by ear - fer decades. Now, my woods have come alive to me. Just got back from a visit to wilderness Maine, inspired by your teaching. You are a good man. Most impressive and helpful, entertaining fun. Thank you, Sir.
I've been birding by ear for so long, it's a habit. I can't watch a MOVIE without identifying the birds in the background...and some of those birds are way out of place.
Your videos are great. My husband and I went to Bangor City Forest for birding and photo because we followed your channel. And we had a great time and saw black-throated green warbler for the first time and some baby birds. Awesome. Next year we are planning on going late May for more sighting. Thank you!
Really enjoyed that one! Saw your video with the Georgia folks, so we signed up for the Puffin Cruise with Steve and Tricia this coming Friday. Looking forward to it!! Keep the videos coming!!
Several strategies. First, you'll notice I now wear light-colored pants so that ticks will show up better. If I know I'll be in deep grass, I wear tall boots. I tuck my pants into my socks. I tick-check when I get home. And if I've been really misbehaving, I'll throw all my clothes into the dryer for 15 minutes. Dry heat kills off anything hiding.
@Bob_Duchesne Thanks for the advice! Recently I birded on Long Island and had 4 ticks on me. Not a nice present after a great birding trip. The dryer is a good suggestion 👍
Thank you...are you on the studmill road by chance? It looks and sounds familiar as I am a neighbor to it and find it stunningly full of song and songbirds...swamps, lakes and wildflowers.
@Bob_Duchesne you are welcome to stop by and utilize side by side, or hubby...he is a wealth of weird roads back there. I see and hear often, by Clifford my favorite singer, an echo in an echo, the magnificent Veery. Take care
Love your videos and humor☺️🤣☺️
We absolutely love your channel! We homeschool and are in south west Maine.
You're making us better birders! I've saved these two warbler specials
for those frequent times when I need a review.
Great series, Bob. Thanks!
Great timing for this informative video. I am heading up to the Allagash Wilderness Waterway for a week long canoe trip, fingers crossed for finding the two rarest! I only get to see Cape May and Bay-breasted on migration and missed good looks at both this Spring.
Learn your spruces. Bay-breasted like it dense. Cape May likes it tall. Songs are weak, which is a clue itself. Good luck.
A lot of great information . . . Just the best.
Thank you Bob for yet another wonderful video! It's funny that you said Bay-Breasteds like thick stands of Spruce and Fir and yet the one you filmed was on a Tamarack : ) Secondly, we used to live in Eastport and before that West Paris. When we moved to Western MA two years ago I decided to go hiking on Mt. Tom and once I got up along a meandering mountain stream, there were multiple multiple Louisiana Waterthrushes! They were everywhere! And I was so used to almost never seeing them in Maine (but for Monhegan in Spring) that at first I was confused. Also, we were camping at Crooked River State Park in Georgia in late November 2019, and there were at least 100 Pine Warblers walking on the grass and roads around the campground, and at least 60 Palm Warblers hanging out nearby. Lastly, we didn't have Snappers (one of yours seemed to be laying eggs!) but plenty of Gopher Tortoises, who are really great.
Thanks. I certainly have fun doing it. As you know, around Eastport, if it's damp where the spruce is, tamaracks are there, too. I think this Bay-breasted was shot in Moosehorn NWR - Edwards Division.
And, yes, the snapper was laying eggs. In fact, I was surrounded by them, all doing it. Kind of weird but fun.
@@Bob_Duchesne So many points of connection! I first spent time in Lubec and environs in 1988 and upon my very first incursion into Moosehorn (the unit closer to Lubec) I stepped out of the car and was greeted among small Spruces by a) 2 Boreal Chickadees and b) 5,000 mosquitoes. On another Moosehorn expedition I was on a narrow trail and a Cape May Warbler was on a low branch stump right by the trail (eye level) and seemed to be in distress. I thought about doing "something" to help it and no sooner did I think this thought and lean toward it, it hissed at me! So I moved on and walked about for an hour. Upon my return, I found that Cape May dead on the ground beneath that Balsam. I concluded that it was its time to die and it wanted to not be interfered with...a kind of wisdom, expressed non-verbally.
Wild BOB Duchesne,
I have never been able to grasp birding by ear - fer decades. Now, my woods have come alive to me. Just got back from a visit to wilderness Maine, inspired by your teaching.
You are a good man. Most impressive and helpful, entertaining fun.
Thank you, Sir.
I've been birding by ear for so long, it's a habit. I can't watch a MOVIE without identifying the birds in the background...and some of those birds are way out of place.
Your videos are great. My husband and I went to Bangor City Forest for birding and photo because we followed your channel. And we had a great time and saw black-throated green warbler for the first time and some baby birds. Awesome. Next year we are planning on going late May for more sighting. Thank you!
I should really map it. The birds in very predictable spots every year. Sure makes it easy to find them.
Another great video Sir, Bob was the turtle trying to lay eggs? Mama grouse and babies was a great addition to the video. Thank you Sir.👍
Yes, all three turtles were laying eggs. They were so still, I didn't even notice them at first. Suddenly I realized I was surrounded.
Thanks so much for producing this great content Bob.
This channel is a wealth of information, no ads either.
Excellent stuff. Subbed.
Thank you for yet another great video! Warblers are my absolute favorite bird and your videos are very informative.
Good job Bob
Thank you for the video. Very interesting information.
Really enjoyed that one!
Saw your video with the Georgia folks, so we signed up for the Puffin Cruise with Steve and Tricia this coming Friday. Looking forward to it!!
Keep the videos coming!!
Just got off my other favorite puffin boat 20 minutes ago: Isle au Haut Ferry in Stonington. Foggy but still good. Steve and Tricia's trip is awesome!
Great job Bob! I've been waiting on this one and it did not disappoint.
Great, informative video. Thank you!
Great video! I thoroughly enjoy your channel. At 7:16 I wondered how you avoid or deal with ticks? Greetings from the Netherlands!
Several strategies. First, you'll notice I now wear light-colored pants so that ticks will show up better. If I know I'll be in deep grass, I wear tall boots. I tuck my pants into my socks. I tick-check when I get home. And if I've been really misbehaving, I'll throw all my clothes into the dryer for 15 minutes. Dry heat kills off anything hiding.
@Bob_Duchesne Thanks for the advice! Recently I birded on Long Island and had 4 ticks on me. Not a nice present after a great birding trip. The dryer is a good suggestion 👍
Thank you...are you on the studmill road by chance? It looks and sounds familiar as I am a neighbor to it and find it stunningly full of song and songbirds...swamps, lakes and wildflowers.
You bet. It's one of my favorite playgrounds. I've been birding it for decades.
@Bob_Duchesne you are welcome to stop by and utilize side by side, or hubby...he is a wealth of weird roads back there. I see and hear often, by Clifford my favorite singer, an echo in an echo, the magnificent Veery. Take care
I’ve seen a cape may warbler visit an oriole feeder for jelly