On Thursday, May 17, 2007, Terry and I joined a hardy group from the Tiadaghton Audubon Society to go birding at Colton Point on the West rim of the Grand Canyon of PA. The Grand Canyon is located about 10 miles west-southwest of Wellsboro in Tioga County.
It was a very chilly (40 degree) morning but also very clear. We walked the loop at the end of the road in the park and along the rim of the canyon. There were many, many warblers flitting about in the trees and we all came away with “warbler neck” from looking up into the treetops. An abundance of Blackburinian Warblers, Black-throated Blue Warblers, and Hooded Warblers seemed to have made the forest their resting place for the night and they were feeding in preparation for continuing their flight northward. There were so many birds that I failed to actually record how many of each species we saw. In any event, here is the list of those species I did see or hear.
Dark-eyed Junco
Wood Thrush
Eastern Phoebe
Hermit Thrush
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Red-bellied Sapsucker
Turkey Vulture
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Goldfinch
Ruffed Grouse
Pileated Woodpecker
Black-capped Chickadee
Black and White Warbler
Blue-headed Vireo
Blackburnian Warbler
Blue Jay
Hooded Warbler
Common Raven
There were others that people in our group saw but I don’t include them here since I didn’t see them or recognize the songs.
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