Hooper Brook, Greene

Sunday, May 10, 2015
Trip results for the paddling trip on Hooper Brook.
Judy Marden – Leader , Dan Marquis – Recorder

It was a beautiful day (of course, it was Mother’s Day). It was very warm, with the sun playing Hide ‘n Seek with the clouds. Nine people took advantage of this joint trip with the Androscoggin Land Trust, and the birds that came with it. A couple highlights were a pair of Tree Swallows working on a nest in an old snag, and a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker excavating what may have been a nest cavity. We also saw two Canada Goose nests with sitting geese, although they were very well camouflaged.

Birds seen or heard; in order of appearance: Catbird Oriole Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Chipping Sparrow Warbling Vireo Barn Swallow Red-winged Blackbird Bobolink Song Sparrow Common Yellowthroat Northern Flicker Wood Thrush Goldfinch Northern Parula Chickadee Eastern Kingbird Canada Goose Grackle Ovenbird Black-throated Green Warbler Black & White Warbler Robin Least Flycatcher Blue Jay Crow Great Crested Flycatcher Rose-breasted Grosbeak Downy Woodpecker White-throated Sparrow White-breasted Nuthatch Kingfisher Phoebe Osprey Turkey Vulture Chestnut-sided Warbler35 Species FLOWERING PLANTS Wood Anemoie Bellwort Red Trillium Shadbush

Canada Goose in Flight Bellwort – aka Wild Oats Yellow-bellied Sapsucker excavating what might be a nesting cavity Wood Anemone Male and female Tree Swallows at the entrance to their nest cavity Shad Bush Male Common Yellowthroat Warbler Female Red-winged Blackbird with nesting material Eastern Kingbird Canada Goose