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29 July 2010
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Rockport, Maine, USA
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July 28th, 2010
 Eastern phoebe.
We hit the hill this day, dog and I, before any other human (or dog). I can attest to this by how many spider webs, and caterpillar webs, and other wisps of invisible silk ended up in my mouth and eyes and arms. The deer flies sure seemed happy to see us also.
 Eastern towhee (juvenile).
But what a birdy morning! Sunny, still pretty cool before 7 a.m. The usual species coming up the wooded trail. Then, as soon as we hit the fields, the birds really began to fly. Sparrows, families of them. And so many of waxwings. Flickers bounding through the air. And towhees—dozens of towhees, adult and juvenile, zipping this way and that way from bush to shrub to hedgerow. As we got to the summit and started down, I think my jaw might’ve dropped at how many birds flitted and flowed before us.
At one point I thought to myself that there must be a hundred birds along the trail we were descending. Families of towhees, savannah sparrows, song sparrows, field sparrows, goldfinches, even yellow warblers—scores of them leading us down the slope. I can’t recall ever before seeing so many young birds at one time as I saw today on Beech Hill.
 Savannah sparrow.
Of course other species have nested up there, too. Alder flycatchers, clearly. Phoebes. Today I even saw a shivery young blue jay whine loudly for grub from a parent, and also watched the parent oblige. And thrushes are reproducing—robins and hermits and veeries. I neither saw nor heard a veery, but that only means their eggs have hatched.
And still no sign of ovenbirds—also tending to their young.
It was such a thrill to me, and a hard-to-explain one, to be surrounded by such lovely new life. The only thing missing from this lush summer day was an early evening swim in a lake.
Maybe tomorrow.
 Yellow warbler (female).
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 6:45 a.m., I walked all trails.
1. Red-eyed vireo
2. Black-capped chickadee (voice)
3. American crow
4. Common yellowthroat
5. Eastern towhee
6. White-throated sparrow
7. American robin
8. American goldfinch
9. Cedar waxwing
10. Gray catbird
11. Chestnut-sided warbler
12. Northern flicker
13. Hermit thrush (voice)
14. Alder flycatcher (voice)
15. Field sparrow (voice)
16. Song sparrow
17. Savannah sparrow
18. Yellow warbler
19. Blue jay
20. Chipping sparrow (voice)
21. Tufted titmouse (voice)
22. Hairy woodpecker (voice)
23. Mourning dove
24. Eastern phoebe
25. Eastern wood-pewee (voice)
26. White-breasted nuthatch
27. Black-throated green warbler (voice)
Elsewhere
28. Herring gull
29. House sparrow
30. Northern cardinal
 Blackberries.
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, Eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, field sparrow, hairy woodpecker, hermit thrush, herring gull, house sparrow, mourning dove, Northern cardinal, northern flicker, red-eyed vireo, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch, white-throated sparrow, yellow warbler Posted in Lists, Observations | No Comments »
July 27th, 2010
 Cedar waxwing.
This morning’s Beech Hill hike was a lot like yesterday’s, only earlier. And with more (and different) birds. And a little less wind. And the fact that Jack pooped at the very farthest point of our travels instead of at the very beginning.
 Cedar waxwings.
But despite the gentler breeze, the morning seemed more active, more animated somehow.
In part it was the waxwings. Dozens of them, flying all over the hill. The wooded section, the blueberry fields—they were zipping all over the place like pinballs. I’m sure these were whole families—adults and their 2010 broods, flying and chasing and getting used to the flock. (For waxwings are a flocking bird.) At ever point of our hike this morning I heard that faint, so-high-pitched squee!
And in part it was the lovely male chestnut-sided warbler I happened on at the top of the upper wooded trail. It had a green caterpillar. It was whipping the caterpillar around, slamming it against the branch it sat on. Beating its brains in.
 Chestnut-sided warbler.
And in part it was alder flycatcher I didn’t quite get a photo of—the one with the big gob of bugs in its beak, that dove into the foliage at our passage yet no doubt eventually found its way to its hatchlings.
And in part it was aerial dogfight I witnessed between a ruby-throated hummingbird and what appeared to be a waxwing. They were a hundred yards away, I bet, and the tiny bird was flying straight and fast at the much larger one, and the larger one was flying away as fast as it could fly. The tiny hummer soon veered away and down into the thicket of green.
And in part it was the little wild turkey family ambling up the wooded slope as we returned—a couple adults and a couple youngsters about one-quarter grown.
A lovely summer day. A day of cicadas. An animated day.
 Red-eyed vireo.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 6:45 a.m., I walked all trails.
1. American crow
2. Red-eyed vireo
3. Mourning dove
4. Black-capped chickadee (voice)
5. Eastern towhee
6. Common yellowthroat
7. Cedar waxwing
8. Gray catbird
9. Tufted titmouse (voice)
10. American goldfinch
11. Northern flicker
12. American robin (voice)
13. Chestnut-sided warbler
14. Blue jay (voice)
15. Song sparrow
16. Ruby-throated hummingbird
17. Savannah sparrow
18. Hermit thrush (voice)
19. Yellow warbler (voice)
20. Hairy woodpecker (voice)
21. Barn swallow
22.Downy woodpecker (voice)
23. Eastern phoebe
24. Eastern wood-pewee (voice)
25. White-breasted nuthatch
26. Black-throated green warbler (voice)
27. Wild turkey
Elsewhere
28. Herring gull
29. House sparrow
30. Rock pigeon
 Thistles and their entourage.
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, barn swallow, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, common yellowthroat, downy woodpecker, Eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, gray catbird, hairy woodpecker, hermit thrush, herring gull, house sparrow, mourning dove, northern flicker, red-eyed vireo, rock pigeon, ruby throated hummingbird, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch, wild turkey, yellow warbler Posted in Lists, Observations | 1 Comment »
July 26th, 2010
 Eastern phoebe at Beech Nut.
I wish I hadn’t slept a little late this morning, because it was a glorious morning, and I could’ve lingered longer on the hill. Cool (60s (F)), cloudless, dry (for a change), and with a stout west breeze.
 Common yellowthroat.
I heard the usual birds along the wooded trail at the outset, their voices tending toward alarm notes as opposed to songs. Time flies, after all, and many (most?) nests have already served their purpose by sending young feathered flying things out into the lush, green world. And the parents’ instincts are to feign and fool and lure away from their wide-eyed, fledgling young. Works pretty well, too.
Towhees do it. Yellowthroats and savannah sparrows have been doing it for weeks. Yesterday, an adult field sparrow sure got my attention. The hill’s alder flycatchers sing what I think of as their wet wheat! song—right up until dog and I appear, when they begin their subtle peep! calls. Sounding the alarm.
 Cedar waxwing.
Waxwing nests, wherever they are, have apparently proved successful. Again this morning I watched dozens of the birds in the air at the summit, fluttering and soaring and diving and veering—acting rather like swallows. I imagine it as sort of a Student Driving School for youngsters of the species. Honestly, they were everywhere.
And coming down the open trail, I heard the voice of a distant angry crow—then saw it in the sky toward Ragged Mountain. It was hollering at a hawk. The hawk was too distant to identify. Probably a red-tail. Or a harrier.
Only four sparrows today. No singing white-throat anywhere on the hill while I was there. But three thrushes (veery and hermit thrush and robin). And the three usual flycatchers.
Perhaps the most intriguing sighting was the comely phoebe sitting on the rock porch wall at Beech Nut, seemingly just enjoying the lovely day.
 Savannah sparrow.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:30 a.m., I walked all trails.
1. Red-eyed vireo
2. Black-capped chickadee (voice)
3. Eastern towhee
4. Common yellowthroat
5. Chestnut-sided warbler (voice)
6. White-breasted nuthatch
7. American crow
8. Gray catbird
9. Cedar waxwing
10. American goldfinch (voice)
11. American robin (voice)
12. Veery (voice)
13. Alder flycatcher
14. Song sparrow
15. Northern flicker
16. Mourning dove
17. Eastern phoebe
18. Field sparrow (voice)
19. Savannah sparrow
20. Unidentified raptor
21. Chipping sparrow (voice)
22. Eastern wood-pewee (voice)
23. Hermit thrush (voice)
Elsewhere
24. Tufted titmouse
25. House sparrow
26. Northern cardinal
27. Herring gull
 Miniatures.
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-capped chickadee, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, Eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, field sparrow, gray catbird, hawk, hermit thrush, herring gull, house sparrow, mourning dove, Northern cardinal, northern flicker, red-eyed vireo, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, veery, white-breasted nuthatch Posted in Lists, Observations | No Comments »
July 25th, 2010
 Field sparrow.
Two straight rainy weekend mornings. But this one cleared up in a hurry—by a little past 9 the sun was beating down between tall piles of clouds, so dog and I headed strait to the hill.
 Common yellowthroat.
Bright sunlight, wet woods. Coming up the trail, when a bit of a breeze hit, it seemed almost like rainfall on a sunny day—such a smattering of water droplets pelting down through the understory. More birds calling this morning than yesterday afternoon, but not outlandishly more. In fact, I’d listed only one or two more than yesterday by the time we’d reached the summit.
Always helps to have a bright day, though, photograph-wise. Got a nice shot of a yellowthroat. And savannah sparrows were again flitting all about the open trails—in stark contrast to yesterday—and occasionally stopped to pose. But most remarkable was the field sparrow that decided to accost us coming back up from the Beech Hill Road parking lot, as we passed through the thick young poplar groves there. Its sharp chip, chip alerted me. Not an overly familiar note. So I stopped and soon had a very near view of the bird—so near, in fact, that I couldn’t get a focus with my long lens. Finally it moved far enough away for me to snap a couple pictures. I’d never been that close to a field sparrow before.
 Savannah sparrow.
Coming back up over the hill, I spotted a swallow rising and dipping and fluttering out over the fields toward the bay. But I couldn’t get an ID. Tree or barn, most likely, judging by prior sightings.
Diving back into the woods, I heard a hermit thrush again, but again no pewee.
Still, all five sparrows made appearances today (though, ironically, I was most worried that I’d detected no evidence of field sparrows for more than half our hike). On the other hand, kind of oddly, not a single veery. Perhaps its that fledgling time of year for the rusty-brown thrush of Beech Hill.
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Later in the day I bicycled around the county for a while. The trip brought me by Aldermere Farm, which nearly always sports a good-sized flock of Canada geese—and today was no exception. (I heard a blackbird there, as well.)
 Field sparrow.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 9:45 a.m., I walked all trails.
1. American crow
2. Black-capped chickadee (voice)
3. Red-eyed vireo (voice + shadow)
4. Cedar waxwing
5. Chestnut-sided warbler
6. Eastern towhee
7. Gray catbird
8. American robin (voice)
9. Common yellowthroat
10. American goldfinch (voice)
11. Alder flycatcher (voice)
12. Northern flicker (voice)
13. Song sparrow
14. Herring gull
15. Eastern phoebe
16. Savannah sparrow
17. Yellow warbler (voice)
18. Chipping sparrow (voice)
19. White-throated sparrow (voice)
20. Field sparrow
21. Blue jay (voice)
22. Unknown swallow
23. Hermit thrush (voice)
24. Black-throated green warbler (voice)
25. Hairy woodpecker (voice)
Elsewhere
26. Northern cardinal
27. House sparrow
28. Rock pigeon
29. Canada goose
30. Red-winged blackbird
31. House finch
 Mist-cloaked islands.
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American robin, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, Canada goose, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, Eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, field sparrow, gray catbird, hairy woodpecker, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, house sparrow, Northern cardinal, northern flicker, red-eyed vireo, red-winged blackbird, rock pigeon, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, swallow, white-throated sparrow, yellow warbler Posted in Lists, Observations | No Comments »
July 24th, 2010
 Alder flycatcher.
It was only a matter of time.
Another rainy weekend morning, and I didn’t feel like hiking in the rain. So we puttered around, Jack and I, and didn’t head for Beech Hill until about 3:30 this afternoon. The rain had let up, and I even had hopes of the sun emerging. But the time of day, the time of year, and the lowery weather all combined to make this quite a different kind of day.
 American robin.
For the first few hundred yards, I saw no birds at all and heard only a solitary red-eyed vireo. By the time we’d reached the summit, I’d heard or seen only twelve species—including a herring gull flapping west along the little valley to the south of the hill.
Then the fog began to roll in. And I began to wonder if I’d be able to list even twenty species. I worried about the five sparrows.
In the end, a couple streaks got broken—including the sparrow one. I did manage to hear (and see) a white-throat coming up the wooded trail, and a song sparrow was singing near the summit. But I saw nor heard any savannahs at all during the whole trip up and over and down. Crazy. And I didn’t hear a chippy for the first time in weeks. Or a field sparrow. I figured I’d end up with just the two—but coming back up over the hill, a field sparrow sang suddenly from the southern slope. And then I saw a pair of savannahs. Never a sign of a chippy, though.
 Song sparrow.
And no chestnut-sided warblers! That’s wild. I’m pretty sure the chestnut-sided is the most abundant bird on Beech Hill.
And here’s a switch: no wood-pewee coming back down the lower wooded trail today, but two hermit thrushes. That species brought me to nineteen. And so I hoped maybe I’d hear a nuthatch or see a turkey—or even an ovenbird. And that’d take me to an even twenty.
Nope. Nothing. Nada. Zip. Only the startlingly loud snort from a healthy-looking whitetail that bounded gracefully down the forested hill as dog and I stood agape and watched.
We’d gotten within a hundred yards of the parking lot, Jack and I. I’d wholly accepted the sad total of nineteen birds. And then a black-throated green warbler sang, loudly, from high in a tree just to our right. Whew. And no sooner had that happened than I heard the echo of a pileated woodpecker’s call coming from somewhere to the east.
Honestly, I was ready to report a total of nineteen. But, instead, I’m reporting twenty-one.
 Savannah sparrow.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 3:30 p.m., I walked all trails.
1. Red-eyed vireo (voice)
2. American crow (voice)
3. Common yellowthroat (voice)
4. Black-capped chickadee (voice)
5. American goldfinch (voice)
6. American robin
7. Eastern towhee
8. White-throated sparrow
9. Cedar waxwing (voice)
10. Alder flycatcher
11. Song sparrow
12. Herring gull
13. Veery (voice)
14. Barn swallow
15. Blue jay (voice)
16. Gray catbird (voice)
17. Field sparrow (voice)
18. Savannah sparrow
19. Hermit thrush (voice)
20. Black-throated green warbler (voice)
21. Pileated woodpecker (voice)
Elsewhere
22. Northern cardinal
 Beech Nut.
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, barn swallow, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, Cedar waxwing, common yellowthroat, eastern towhee, field sparrow, gray catbird, hermit thrush, herring gullv, pileated woodpecker, red-eyed vireo, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, veery, white-throated sparrow Posted in Lists, Observations | No Comments »
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| Bird Report is an intermittent record of what's outside my window in Rockport, Maine, USA (44°08'N latitude, 69°06'W longitude), and vicinity. Brian Willson |
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