June 17th, 2005. Powerline cut, Gunn Road, North Keene, NH.

In view of today’s brighter conditions, I headed back to Gunn Road in the hope of gaining slightly better images of Louisiana Waterthrush. Although I found both broods, the birds were rather shy, even more so than they were on the 15th, with the adults being impossible to photograph. One fledgling sat up for a while, allowing for a few digiscoped shots. I saw about five birds in all. Mosquitoes were worse today, but it was a thunderstorm that eventually pushed me out of the woods. Ovenbirds were numerous at this spot, and once again, I saw and heard a Barred Owl in the middle of the day. A singing Nashville Warbler and 3+ Winter Wrens were also worthy of note. Also today, two Brown Thrashers in Greenlawn Cemetery, Keene and a Blackburnian Warbler singing in the Robin Hood Forest.

Louisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla, Sturtevant Brook, Keene.

Recently fledged juvenile still showing prominant gape flanges.

Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus, Sturtevant Brook, Keene.

Common in the mixed woodlands around Keene.

Birds of interest in the immediate area of Gunn Road powerline cut; Broad-winged Hawk - 3 Barred Owl - 1, calling. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 Alder Flycatcher - 1 Winter Wren - 3+ singing males. Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2 Blackburnian Warbler - 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 Nashville Warbler - 1 Eastern Towhee - 1 Indigo Bunting - 2 Common Raven - 5

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