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Location Hidden Valley/Indian Pipe Trails
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Owner Tessa Rhinehart

Effort

Protocol:  Traveling
  • Observers:  1
  • Distance:  4.91 mi

Checklist Comments

Hidden Valley Passage and Indian Pipe Trail are part of the Tuna Valley Trail Association trail system. For more information about birding this loop and other trails in the Tunungwant Valley, please check out this blog post.

For this checklist, I parked in the parking lot uphill of the Marilla covered bridge parking lot. I walked the gravel road of Indian Pipe Trail to the top of the hill. Where the road levels out and doglegs, I turned west into the forest on Hidden Valley Trail (also known as Hidden Valley Passage), which led me downhill through deciduous trees. At a crossroads at the bottom of the steepest part of the trail, I turned left, which led me south and down into the hemlock woods.

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Totals

62
Species Observed
323 individuals

Observations

  1. Canada Goose

    Number observed:  2

  2. Common Merganser

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Female on Marilla Reservoir

  3. Mourning Dove

    Number observed:  6

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    P Pair in Suitable Habitat (Probable)

  4. Chimney Swift

    Number observed:  3

  5. Ruby-throated Hummingbird

    Number observed:  1

  6. Great Blue Heron

    Number observed:  1

  7. Turkey Vulture

    Number observed:  1

  8. Red-shouldered Hawk

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Gave several long series of calls

  9. Barred Owl

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Accidentally flushed this bird, which flew silently to another perch. When I put up my binoculars, it was staring right at me!

  10. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

    Number observed:  8

    Details

    Very common!

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    C Courtship, Display, or Copulation (Probable)

  11. Red-bellied Woodpecker

    Number observed:  1

  12. Hairy Woodpecker

    Number observed:  3

  13. Pileated Woodpecker

    Number observed:  2

  14. Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)

    Number observed:  2

  15. Eastern Wood-Pewee

    Number observed:  1

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    S Singing Bird (Possible)

  16. Acadian Flycatcher

    Number observed:  1

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    S Singing Bird (Possible)

  17. Least Flycatcher

    Number observed:  3

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    S Singing Bird (Possible)

  18. Blue-headed Vireo

    Number observed:  8

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    M Multiple (7+) Singing Birds (Probable)

  19. Red-eyed Vireo

    Number observed:  21

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    M Multiple (7+) Singing Birds (Probable)

  20. Blue Jay

    Number observed:  3

  21. American Crow

    Number observed:  1

  22. Black-capped Chickadee

    Number observed:  4

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    S Singing Bird (Possible)

  23. Tufted Titmouse

    Number observed:  1

  24. Northern Rough-winged Swallow

    Number observed:  2

  25. Barn Swallow

    Number observed:  7

  26. Golden-crowned Kinglet

    Number observed:  1

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    S Singing Bird (Possible)

  27. White-breasted Nuthatch

    Number observed:  1

  28. Brown Creeper

    Number observed:  1

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    S Singing Bird (Possible)

  29. Winter Wren

    Number observed:  7

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    M Multiple (7+) Singing Birds (Probable)

  30. European Starling

    Number observed:  29

  31. Gray Catbird

    Number observed:  7

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    S Singing Bird (Possible)

  32. Veery

    Number observed:  4

    Details

    At highest point in trail, one sung from the very top of a tree

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    S Singing Bird (Possible)

  33. Swainson's Thrush

    Number observed:  4

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    S Singing Bird (Possible)

  34. Hermit Thrush

    Number observed:  3

    Details

    Two, balanced 3 feet from each other on the same fallen branch, called incessantly back and forth until I approached

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    S Singing Bird (Possible)

  35. Wood Thrush

    Number observed:  3

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    S Singing Bird (Possible)

  36. American Robin

    Number observed:  6

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    CF Carrying Food (Confirmed)

  37. Cedar Waxwing

    Number observed:  4

    Details

    Roving group

  38. Purple Finch

    Number observed:  1

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    S Singing Bird (Possible)

  39. American Goldfinch

    Number observed:  3

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    P Pair in Suitable Habitat (Probable)

  40. Chipping Sparrow

    Number observed:  3

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    S Singing Bird (Possible)

  41. Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)

    Number observed:  7

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    P Pair in Suitable Habitat (Probable)

  42. Song Sparrow

    Number observed:  12

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    T Territorial Defense (Probable)

  43. Eastern Towhee

    Number observed:  8

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    M Multiple (7+) Singing Birds (Probable)

  44. Baltimore Oriole

    Number observed:  1

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    S Singing Bird (Possible)

  45. Red-winged Blackbird

    Number observed:  1

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    S Singing Bird (Possible)

  46. Brown-headed Cowbird

    Number observed:  1

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    S Singing Bird (Possible)

  47. Common Grackle

    Number observed:  2

  48. Ovenbird

    Number observed:  13

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    M Multiple (7+) Singing Birds (Probable)

  49. Blue-winged Warbler

    Number observed:  3

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    S Singing Bird (Possible)

  50. Mourning Warbler

    Number observed:  8

    Details

    High count. I was amazed by how common this species was on this trail. This is an exact count taken as I walked. All were heard-only.

    I heard four of these birds while walking Indian Pipe Trail (the gravel trail). The first one was at a logging crossroads, and the fourth one was near the dogleg of the trail, approximately 1 mile apart. The two in between were about 1/2 of the way between the first and the fourth. These were singing from opposite sides of the trail, separated by about a tenth of a mile of walking. I may have heard another a little farther down the trail from the pair, but I did not count it because I wasn't certain there was enough space between the birds.

    I then turned down onto Hidden Valley Trail, where I heard the other four. The first one was well down the slope from the last bird I had heard on Indian Pipe. In about 0.25 miles, I reached a crossroads in the trails and turned south. I heard two counter-singing at this crossroads, one next to me on the south side of the crossroads, and one on the north side of the crossroads that was singing distantly. Lastly, about 0.4 miles south of the position at which I had heard the previous bird, I heard another one singing east of the trail, uphill in the scrubby edge of the hemlock forest. The path I walked forms a loop, but the position I heard the bird from was at least 0.3mi from the position of the first MOWA of the day.

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    M Multiple (7+) Singing Birds (Probable)

  51. Common Yellowthroat

    Number observed:  8

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    M Multiple (7+) Singing Birds (Probable)

  52. Hooded Warbler

    Number observed:  9

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    M Multiple (7+) Singing Birds (Probable)

  53. American Redstart

    Number observed:  5

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    S Singing Bird (Possible)

  54. Northern Parula

    Number observed:  1

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    S Singing Bird (Possible)

  55. Magnolia Warbler

    Number observed:  8

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    M Multiple (7+) Singing Birds (Probable)

  56. Blackburnian Warbler

    Number observed:  14

    Details

    Quite abundant in pure hemlock forest but also a couple along mixed deciduous parts of trail

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    M Multiple (7+) Singing Birds (Probable)

  57. Chestnut-sided Warbler

    Number observed:  16

    Details

    High count. The habitat on the eastern side of the loop was apparently perfect for this species. At any given part of the trail, at least one was singing. Saw these birds chasing each other aggressively.

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    T Territorial Defense (Probable)

  58. Black-throated Blue Warbler

    Number observed:  9

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    M Multiple (7+) Singing Birds (Probable)

  59. Black-throated Green Warbler

    Number observed:  12

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    M Multiple (7+) Singing Birds (Probable)

  60. Scarlet Tanager

    Number observed:  3

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    S Singing Bird (Possible)

  61. Rose-breasted Grosbeak

    Number observed:  4

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    S Singing Bird (Possible)

  62. Indigo Bunting

    Number observed:  16

    Details

    Extremely common. Several seen well, and many more seen poorly or heard.

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    M Multiple (7+) Singing Birds (Probable)