Focal Species

We track populations of 10 bird species (and red squirrel) with the Mountain Birdwatch project. Some of them are truly mountain birds that don't occur anywhere else in our region. Others - like Hermit Thrush or Black-capped Chickadee - help us understand how climate change is changing our mountain forest.

A Yellow-bellied Flycatcher as seen during a Mountain Birdwatch survey during June in the Northeast United States.

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

 A Black-capped Chickadee as seen during a Mountain Birdwatch survey during June in the Northeast United States.

Black-capped Chickadee

 A Boreal Chickadee as seen during a Mountain Birdwatch survey during June in the Northeast United States.

Boreal Chickadee

 A Winter Wren as seen during a Mountain Birdwatch survey during June in the Northeast United States.

Winter Wren

 A Bicknell's Thrush as seen during a Mountain Birdwatch survey during June in the Northeast United States.

Bicknell's Thrush

 A Swainson's Thrush as seen during a Mountain Birdwatch survey during June in the Northeast United States.

Swainson's Thrush

 A Hermit Thrush as seen during a Mountain Birdwatch survey during June in the Northeast United States.

Hermit Thrush

 A Fox Sparrow seen during a Mountain Birdwatch survey during June in the Northeast United States.

Fox Sparrow

 A White-throated Sparrow as seen during a Mountain Birdwatch survey during June in the Northeast United States.

White-throated Sparrow

 Blackpoll Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

 A Red Squirrel as observed during a June Mountain Birdwatch survey in the Northeast United States.

Red Squirrel