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Archive for the ‘Observations’ Category
Saturday, May 26th, 2018
 Common Yellowthroat (female). Warm and gray this morning. Temps in the 60s (F) early. A thrushy sort of day—but one with a couple of interesting species (notably Black-billed Cuckoo and Magnolia Warbler). So muggy that the raven in the blueberry barren kept its mouth open to keep cool. And I fell in love with female yellowthroat.
 Common Raven (panting). Not bad for a humid morning.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Wood Thrush (v)
2. Ovenbird**
3. Red-eyed Vireo (v)
4. American Redstart**
5. Veery
6. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v)
7. Black-and-white Warbler
8. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
9. American Goldfinch
10. Common Yellowthroat**
11. Chestnut-sided Warbler**
12. Eastern Towhee
13. American Crow*
14. Alder Flycatcher (v)
15. Yellow Warbler (v)
16. Song Sparrow**
17. Gray Catbird
18. Black-billed Cuckoo
19. Eastern Wood-pewee
20. Eastern Phoebe*
21. Field Sparrow
22. Common Raven
23. Tree Swallow
24. Savannah Sparrow (v)
25. American Robin (v)
26. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
27. Blue Jay
28. Chipping Sparrow (v)
29. Eastern Bluebird
30. Magnolia Warbler
31. Mourning Dove (v)
32. Purple Finch (v)
33. Scarlet Tanager (v)
34. Tufted Titmouse (v)
35. Great Crested Flycatcher (v)
Elsewhere
36. European Starling
37. Herring Gull
38. Common Grackle
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-billed cuckoo, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common grackle, common raven, common yellowthroat, eastern bluebird, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, European starling, field sparrow, gray catbird, great crested flycatcher, herring gull, magnolia warbler, mourning dove, ovenbird, purple finch, red-eyed vireo, rose-breasted grosbeak, savannah sparrow, scarlet tanager, song sparrow, tree swallow, tufted titmouse, veery, wood thrush, yellow warbler
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Friday, May 25th, 2018
 Chestnut-sided Warbler. A warm, windy day—warm even fairly early. And windy enough that even a good long hike didn’t bring the number of species I’ve been used to lately. Still some good ones, though.
 Gray Catbird. Up to about 84 degrees (F) this afternoon. I mowed the lawn.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:30 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Wood Thrush (v)
2. Ovenbird**
3. American Redstart
4. Chestnut-sided Warbler**
5. Veery
6. Red-eyed Vireo (v)
7. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v)
8. Black-and-white Warbler
9. Song Sparrow**
10. Common Yellowthroat
11. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
12. Eastern Towhee
13 . Gray Catbird**
14. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
15. Yellow Warbler
16. Blue Jay (v)
17. Eastern Wood-pewee (v)
18. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
19. American Crow*
20. American Goldfinch (v)
21. American Robin*
22. Alder Flycatcher
23. Tree Swallow
24. Field Sparrow (v)
25. Common Raven
26. Scarlet Tanager (v)
27. Great Crested Flycatcher (v)
28. Tufted Titmouse (v)
Elsewhere
29. Osprey
30. Mourning Dove
31. European Starling
32. Rock Pigeon
33. Common Grackle
34. Herring Gull
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, chestnut-sided warbler, common grackle, common raven, common yellowthroat, eastern towhee, Eastern Wood-peww, European starling, field sparrow, gray catbird, great crested flycatcher, herring gull, mourning dove, osprey, ovenbird, red-eyed vireo, rock pigeon, rose-breasted grosbeak, ruby-throated hummingbird, scarlet tanager, song sparrow, tree swallow, tufted titmouse, veery, wood thrush, yellow warbler
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Thursday, May 24th, 2018
 Alder Flycatcher. Alder Flycatchers are back, and that makes me happy. They’re not a striking bird to look at. Not particularly great singers. But by now I know and love them—along with the Great Crested Flycatchers we’ve had these years.
Of course a lot of other birds I love, as well.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Wood Thrush (v)
2. Ovenbird**
3. Chestnut-sided Warbler**
4. Red-eyed Vireo (v)
5. American Redstart (v)
6. Veery
7. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
8. Black-capped Chickadee*
9. Chestnut-sided Warbler**
10. Mourning Dove
11. Song Sparrow*
12. Northern Flicker (v)
13. Yellow Warbler
14. American Goldfinch (v)
15. American Crow*
16. American Robin (v)
17. Eastern Towhee
18. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
19. Eastern Wood-pewee
20. Gray Catbird**
21. Alder Flycatcher
22. Common Yellowthroat
23. Tree Swallow
24. Eastern Phoebe
25. Field Sparrow (v)
26. Common Raven
27. Nashville Warbler (v)
28. Eastern Bluebird
29. Blue Jay*
30. Savannah Sparrow (v)
31. Hermit Thrush
32. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
33. Great Crested Flycatcher (v)
34. Scarlet Tanager
35. Wild Turkey
Elsewhere
36. European Starling
37. Common Grackle
38. Herring Gull
39. House sparrow
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, chestnut-sided warbler, common grackle, common raven, common yellowthroat, eastern bluebird, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, European starling, field sparrow, gray catbird, great crested flycatcher, hermit thrush, herring gull, house sparrow, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern flicker, ovenbird, red-eyed vireo, rose-breasted grosbeak, ruby-throated hummingbird, savannah sparrow, scarlet tanager, song sparrow, tree swallow, veery, wild turkey, wood thrush, yellow warbler
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