Vertebrates at or near Highlands Biological Laboratory

Weather: cool and sunny in the morning -- almost no wind -- fog in the afternoon like the coast of Maine

Other notes: very few migrant birds around -- some species seen every year previously were not found this trip (those marked "NONE!" below) -- White Pines all had small (3-4 cm) cones

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Birds

	Mourning Dove	10
	Downy Woodpecker	1
	Blue Jay	2
	American Crow	several
	Carolina Chickadee	several pairs
	Tufted Titmouse	several pairs
	White-breasted Nuthatch	several pairs
	Red-breasted Nuthatch *	2
	Gray Catbird	3
	Blue-headed Vireo **	NONE!
	Red-eyed Vireo	1
	Black-throated Green Warbler **	NONE!
	Black-throated Blue Warbler **	NONE!
	American Redstart	1 (female/immature)
	Rose-breasted Grosbeak *	NONE!
	Dark-eyed Junco **	10

Mammals

	Red Squirrel *	one "singing" in hemlocks
	Eastern Chipmunk	several by Nature Center
	American Beaver	lodges at edge and near center of lake

* northern species that extend southward in the mountains to southern Appalachians

** northern species that extend southward in the mountains and have evolved distinctive subspecies (geographical variants) in the southern Appalachians