Pilot surveys that ACCP conducted for three-toed woodpecker yielded limited results for this elusive species and suggested a need to broaden the focus to a suite of boreal birds which inhabit primarily boreal wetland habitats, are generally at the southern edges of their ranges in the Adirondacks, and are at risk from climate change.  The suite of species includes:  three-toed woodpecker, black backed woodpecker, palm warbler, gray jay, Lincoln's sparrow, olive-sided flycatcher, yellow-bellied flycatcher, boreal chickadee, rusty blackbird and spruce grouse.  To better understand these birds and the habitats they occupy, ACCP has conducted annual surveys for these birds at a total of approximately thirty sites so far, with the intention of eventually including approximately sixty sites.  This study has three main purposes: (1) to map the boreal, (2) to gather data on the abundance and distribution of these species in boreal habitats throughout the park, and (3) to use the resulting info to contribute toward a long term conservation plan for the boreal in the Adirondacks. 

The boreal bird survey, together with the Bicknell's Thrush survey, will be funded by a State Wildlife Grant through the New York State DEC.  Matching funds for the Bicknell's Thrush survey are generously provided by the Olympic Regional Development Authority.