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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Richard Klim" data-source="post: 3267108" data-attributes="member: 773">Yes, Moose Bog (within Wenlock WMA, VT) is excellent for boreal species – we visited for Black-backed Woodpecker and Yellow-bellied Flycatcher and found both without difficulty.In the White Mountains (NH), a lazy way to see Bicknell's is to take the aerial tramway to the summit of <a href="http://www.cannonmt.com/aerial-tramway.html" target="_blank">Cannon Mountain</a> (Franconia Notch SP).Plum Island (Parker River NWR, MA) is certainly worth a visit, and not far from Boston. <a href="http://bartonstreet.com/tom/birds/index.html" target="_blank">Tom Wetmore's website</a> is very useful re what to expect – in particular see <a href="http://bartonstreet.com/tom/birds/guide/pigraphicstatus.html" target="_blank">Overall Quarter-Month Status</a>. On our visit, American Woodcock and Eastern Whip-poor-will were active at dusk. Saltmarsh Sparrow breeds, but beware of potential hybrids (see <a href="http://www.aoucospubs.org/doi/pdf/10.1642/AUK-14-299.1" target="_blank">Walsh et al 2015</a> – Plum Island is just within the Nelson's/Saltmarsh overlap zone).  Although we first 'ticked' Saltmarsh at Plum Island, I'm now more comfortable with our sightings further south at Hammonasset Beach SP (CT)…</blockquote>