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20 May 2013
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Rockport, Maine, USA
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Posts Tagged ‘sharp-shinned hawk’
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
 Savannah sparrow. Up and to Beech Hill early—but without Jack for a change. [Did some shooting of my book trailer, which involved another dog.] Misty and damp first thing, but with plenty of birds about. I didn’t start keeping good track, though, until I returned with dog at 9:30. The sun had come out by then, and things had warmed into the upper-60s (F). First, we met a birding couple, the Smiths. Then we ran into members of a birding party (Mid-Coast Audubon and Coastal Mountains Land Trust). Then we saw a bunch of hawks—several of them broad-wings—and some randy Savannah sparrows.
 Black-and-white warbler. Spent nearly all the morning on the hill today, walking all trails. Then, this afternoon, I took a fast bike ride.
And now, this evening, I’m ready to hit the sack.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 6:45 a.m.—and again at 9:30 a.m.—I hiked all trails.
Note: not in order of sighting (for a change).
1. Great blue heron
2. Turkey vulture
3. Sharp-shinned hawk
4. Broad-winged hawk*
5. Herring gull*
6. Mourning dove** (v)
7. Hairy woodpecker (v)
8. Eastern phoebe
9. Blue-headed vireo (v)
10. Blue jay
11. American crow*
12. Common raven
13. Tree swallow
14. Black-capped chickadee**
15. Tufted titmouse** (v)
16. White-breasted nuthatch (v)
17. Eastern bluebird
18. Hermit thrush
19. American robin*
20. Gray catbird (v)
21. Nashville warbler
22. Black-throated green warbler
23. Black-and-white warbler**
24. Ovenbird (v)
25. Eastern towhee
26. Chipping sparrow** (v)
27. Savannah sparrow
28. Song sparrow**
29. Northern cardinal**
30. Rose-breasted grosbeak (v)
31. Brown-headed cowbird
32. House finch** (v)
33. American goldfinch** (v)
Elsewhere
34. European starling
35. Common grackle
36. Osprey
37. House sparrow (v)
38. Golden-crowned kinglet (v)
39. Double-crested cormorant
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, blue-headed vireo, broad-winged hawk, brown-headed cowbird, chipping sparrow, common grackle, common raven, double-crested cormorant, eastern bluebird, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, European starling, golden-crowned kinglet, gray catbird, great blue heron, hairy woodpecker, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, house sparrow, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern cardinal, osprey, ovenbird, rose-breasted grosbeak, savannah sparrow, sharp-shinned hawk, song sparrow, tree swallow, tufted titmouse, turkey vulture, white-breasted nuthatch
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Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
 Golden-crowned kinglet. Thinking birds would be active, I managed to drag myself out of bed early this morning. And they were. The birds. Active.
I saw at least twenty species on my Beech Hill hike with Jack, although I could only ID nineteen of ‘em. Sun and clouds, moving clouds, breezy, chilly, lovely. A phoebe is back in the eaves of Beech Nut. Heard a brown creeper singing. Saw a sharpie.
Later in the day it rained some. Tomorrow will perhaps be a bike-riding day.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:15 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. American robin**
2. Eastern phoebe**
3. Northern cardinal**
4. Black-capped chickadee**
5. American crow*
6. Hairy woodpecker (v)
7. Song sparrow**
8. Herring gull*
9. Tree swallow
10. Sharp-shinned hawk
11. American goldfinch (v)
12. Northern flicker (v)
13. Tufted titmouse** (v)
14. Downy woodpecker
15. Dark-eyed junco (v)
16. Blue jay (v)
17. Golden-crowned kinglet
18. Brown creeper (v)
19. White-breasted nuthatch (v)
Elsewhere
20. Mallard
21. Rock pigeon
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, brown creeper, dark-eyed junco, downy woodpecker, eastern phoebe, golden-crowned kinglet, hairy woodpecker, herring gull, mallard, northern cardinal, northern flicker, rock pigeon, sharp-shinned hawk, song sparrow, tree swallow, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch
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Saturday, March 9th, 2013
 The wooded trail. Clear day. Blue, blue sky. Bit of a breeze. Warm enough that I figured Jack and I would take the wooded Beech Hill trail today. Being on the north side of the hill, it was mostly slush, but that’s OK. Counted a few winter deadfalls, saw turkey tracks, noticed a few places where winter hikers veered off trail. Pretty quiet and birdless, but I did see a chickadee.
 American robins. Coming over the summit, I spotted a little hawk fluttering then wheeling, fluttering then wheeling. A sharp-shinned. Also saw distant gulls. Down at the other trailhead, I heard a flicker and the repeated barks of a daytime barred owl.
Robins on the sumac on our return. And the call of a mourning dove as we wrapped things up.
Worked up a good sweat. Long hike, nice day.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 3:45 p.m, I hiked all trails.
1. Black-capped chickadee**
2. Herring gull*
3. Sharp-shinned hawk
4. Northern flicker (v)
5. Barred owl (v)
6. American robin*
7. Mourning dove* (v)
Elsewhere
8. American crow
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American robin, barred owl, black-capped chickadee, herring gull, mourning dove, northern flicker, sharp-shinned hawk
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