Adirondack Birds in their Relation to Forestry. 23 



Seven species of woodpeckers are found in the Adirondacks, 

 viz. : — The Hairy, Downy, Artie Three-toed, Banded Three-toed 

 and Pileated Woodpeckers, and the FHcker and Yellow-bellied 

 Sapsucker. The first two mentioned remain in their northern 

 range throughout the year. 



Creepers, NzUhatches and Tits. — The arboreal birds most 

 closely related to the woodpeckers in habit are the above three 

 groups. They resemble them in their ability to climb readily 

 upon vertical tree trunks, but differ in that their bills are not 

 adapted for drilling through bark. The nuthatches and tits do 

 not use their tails as a support, and climb with head downward 

 or upward, as it happens, in contrast to the creepers and wood- 

 peckers, who always climb head upward. 



The Brown Creeper is the only one of the genus in America. 

 Of the nuthatches two species, the Red-breasted and White- 

 breasted are common. Of the tits the Black-capped Titmouse or 

 Chickadee, is the species common in northern New York. 



The food of these climbers consists of eggs and larvae which 

 they find in crevices of the bark, varied occasionally by seeds and 

 small nuts. 



Wood Warblers, Kinglets, etc. — In the family of warblers is 

 included a large number of species which are more frequently 

 seen than heard. They are small birds which inhabit dense 

 thickets and the leafy branches of trees, and are for the amateur 

 the most difficult birds to study. A few are vocalists of rare 

 ability, but most of them reveal their presence only by a faint 

 twitter or a flitting glance as they dart from limb to limb. They 

 winter far south in Central America, but in summer come into 

 the extreme temperate north to breed, and hence are common in 

 the Adirondacks. Their food supply is almost exclusively insects, 

 which they capture in the air or glean from the dense foliage 

 which is their habitat. A large part of the insects they consume 

 are harmless in nature, yet many of the smaller leaf-eating insects 

 fall prey to their diligence. The following species have been 

 recorded from the Adirondacks : Those bearing the name of 

 warblers are the Golden-crowned, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated 

 Blue, Chestnut-sided, Black and white. Black Poll, Red Poll, 

 Nashville and Parula. Belonging to the same group is the Oven 

 bird, American Redstart and Ruby-crowned Kinglet. 



Vireos. — A group of birds very similar to the warblers in habits 



