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Archive for the ‘Observations’ Category
Friday, May 8th, 2015
 Veery. Much cooler today, and windy. Wore a sweatshirt over a t-shirt and still felt a little chilly. Didn’t expect to list a lot of species—but the birds had other ideas. Especially the thrushes.
 Wood Thrush. Robins were singing in the chill today.
Also came upon a parula flitting about in an apple tree with new tiny leaves. Saw a raven three times, croaking the latter two, check out me and Jack the first. Barely caught sight of a broad-wing flying quickly into a copse of trees. Ended up with thirty-one species. Most memorable to me?
Three thrushes.
Tonight, as I let Jack out one last time, we heard a deer gallop off into the trees out back—and across the road, in the dark woods behind the little Claddagh Motel, the cries of a fox. They sounds almost like a human woman in distress, that loud, mournful cries.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Ovenbird**
2. Black-capped Chickadee
3. Hermit Thrush
4. Herring Gull*
5. Blue-headed Vireo (v)
6. Black-and-white Warbler (v)
7. Northern Parula
8. Wood Thrush
9. Veery
10. Common Yellowthroat
11. Chestnut-sided Warbler (v)
12. Eastern Towhee (v)
13. Gray Catbird
14. Turkey Vulture*
15. Purple Finch (v)
16. American Robin* (v)
17. Common Raven
18. Northern Flicker (v)
19. American Crow* (v)
20. Broad-winged Hawk
21. Yellow-rumped Warbler (v)
22. Blue Jay (v)
23. Eastern Phoebe
24. Savannah Sparrow
25. Song Sparrow
26. Chipping Sparrow (v)
27. White-breasted Nuthatch** (v)
28. American Goldfinch
29. Tufted Titmouse** (v)
30. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
31. Downy Woodpecker (v)
 Hermit Thrush. Elsewhere
32. Mourning Dove (v)
33. Northern Cardinal (v)
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, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common raven, common yellowthroat, downy woodpecker, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, gray catbird, hermit thrush, herring gull, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, northern parula, ovenbird, purple finch, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, turkey vulture, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, wood thrush, yellow-rumped warbler
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Thursday, May 7th, 2015
 Eastern Towhee. I thought I’d gotten up earlier than I actually had this morning. Six a.m., and 7 a.m. seemed about the same degree of early, or something. But still, a Nice hike, with a lot of good birds—if not the flood of yesterday. And no new 2015 species.
 Broad-winged Hawk. But I did get a Broad-winged Hawk, heard the thrilling croak of a raven. And got a good look at a Nashville Warbler.
And something from yesterday I forgot to mention: a little head-bobbing display two Song Sparrows were engaged in—males, I assume, and territory (and/or female) being at the root of their dispute.
This is when the greenery grows fast: ferns unfurling, leaves emerging, grass growing. And everywhere, little birds on the move.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:15 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. American Goldfinch**
2. Ovenbird**
3. Black-throated Green Warbler**
4. Tufted Titmouse** (v)
5. Common Yellowthroat
6. Eastern Towhee
7. Downy Woodpecker
8. Black-and-white Warbler**
9. Black-capped Chickadee
10. Gray Catbird
11. American Crow*
12. Chestnut-sided Warbler (v)
13. Purple Finch (v)
14. White-throated Sparrow (v)
15. Northern Flicker (v)
16. Blue Jay
17. Red-winged Blackbird
18. Song Sparrow
19. Eastern phoebe (v)
20. Yellow-rumped Warbler
21. Wild Turkey (v)
22. Veery (v)
23. American Robin*
24. Savannah Sparrow (v)
25. Broad-winged Hawk
26. White-breasted Nuthatch** (v)
27. Nashville Warbler
28. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
29. Common Raven
Elsewhere
30. Herring Gull
31. House Finch (v)
32. Hairy Woodpecker
33. 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, broad-winged hawk, chestnut-sided warbler, common raven, common yellowthroat, double-crested cormorant, downy woodpecker, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, gray catbird, hairy woodpecker, herring gull, house finch, Nashville warbler, northern flicker, ovenbird, purple finch, red-winged blackbird, ruby-crowned kinglet, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, white-throated sparrow, wild turkey, yellow-rumped warbler
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Wednesday, May 6th, 2015
 Field Sparrow. An early morning, a flood of good birds. For whatever reason—a convergence of the season, meteorological conditions, and just the miracle of the universe—a bunch of new species showed up. Thirty-seven species, eleven of them warblers (three of those first-of-year birds), a first-of-year Veery, video of a pair of crows harassing a raven, video of a singing Northern Parula. Two-plus hours of hiking with my good dog Jack.
Here are a few photos.
 Crown and raven.  Northern Parula.  Black-throated Blue Warbler. Beech Hill List
Beginning at 6:45 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. American Goldfinch
2. Black-capped Chickadee**
3. Ovenbird** (v)
4. Common Yellowthroat
5. Black-and-white Warbler**
6. Tufted Titmouse* (v)
7. Eastern Phoebe
8. Blue-headed Vireo†
9. Chestnut-sided Warbler†
10. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
11. Blue Jay (v)
12. Eastern Towhee
13. White-throated Sparrow
14. American Crow*
15. Gray Catbird
16. Northern Parula†
17. Hairy Woodpecker (v)
18. Purple Finch (v)
19. Red-winged Blackbird
20. Veery†
21. Northern Flicker (v)
22. Song Sparrow
23. Yellow-rumped Warbler
24. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (v)
25. Savannah Sparrow
26. Northern Cardinal** (v)
27. Nashville Warbler (v)
28. American Robin
29. Chipping Sparrow (v)
30. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
31. Downy Woodpecker
32. Common Raven
33. Palm Warbler
34. Winter Wren† (v)
35. Turkey Vulture
36. Black-throated Blue Warbler†
37. Pine Warbler (v)
Elsewhere
38. Mourning Dove
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated blue warbler, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, blue-headed vireo, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common raven, common yellowthroat, downy woodpecker, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, gray catbird, hairy woodpecker, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern cardinal, northern flicker, northern parula, ovenbird, palm warbler, pine warbler, purple finch, red-winged blackbird, ruby-crowned kinglet, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, turkey vulture, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, white-throated sparrow, winter wren, yellow-rumped warbler
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