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One of Those Days

Monday, May 14th, 2018
Black-and-white Warbler, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 14 May 2018.

Black-and-white Warbler.

Cloudy, chilly, breezy morning. Birds in the margins, but they couldn’t be coaxed out. Nonetheless, I got a blurry photo of a female Black-and-white Warbler.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:30 a.m., I hiked all trails.

1. Ovenbird**
2. Tufted Titmouse (v)
3. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
4. Northern Parula (v)
5. Chestnut-sided Warbler
6. Black-capped Chickadee
7. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v)
8. Veery (v)
9. Herring Gull* (v)
10. American Goldfinch
11. Song Sparrow** (v)
12. Black-and-white Warbler
13. Common Yellowthroat** (v)
14. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (v)
15. Nashville Warbler
16. Northern Cardinal
17. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
18. Wild Turkey
19. American Crow*
20. Blue-headed Vireo
21. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
22. Hermit Thrush (v)
23. American Robin* (v)
24. Yellow Warbler (v)
25. Gray Catbird
26. Field Sparrow
27. Great Crested Flycatcher (v)
28. Scarlet Tanager (v)
29. Chipping Sparrow*

Elsewhere

30. Mourning Dove
31. Blue Jay

 v = voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere

 

Mid-May Gallery

Sunday, May 13th, 2018
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 13 May 2018.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak.

Raven in the blueberries, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 13 May 2018.

Raven in the blueberries.

Common Yellowthroat, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 13 May 2018.

Common Yellowthroat.

Eastern Phoebe, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 13 May 2018.

Eastern Phoebe.

Field Sparrow, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 13 May 2018.

Field Sparrow.

Blue Jay, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 13 May 2018.

Blue Jay.

Black-and-white Warbler, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 13 May 2018.

Black-and-white Warbler.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8 a.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. Ovenbird**
2. Chestnut-sided Warbler**
3. Black-throated Green Warbler
4. Northern Parula (v)
5. Black-and-white Warbler
6. Blue Jay
7. Black-capped Chickadee
8. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
9. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
10. Veery (v)
11. American Goldfinch
12. Herring Gull*
13. Song Sparrow**
14. Blue-headed Vireo (v)
15. Eastern Towhee
16. Nashville Warbler
17. Northern Cardinal
18. Mourning Dove*
19. Tufted Titmouse** (v)
20. Scarlet Tanager (v)
21. American Crow*
22. Common Raven
23. Wild Turkey (v)
24. Common Yellowthroat**
25. Gray Catbird
26. Yellow Warbler (v)
27. Eastern Phoebe*
28. Tree Swallow
29. Broad-winged Hawk
30. Field Sparrow
31. Northern Flicker**
32. Savannah Sparrow
33. Eastern Bluebird
34. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (drumming)
35. Great Blue Heron
36. Turkey Vulture*
37. American Robin*
38. Chipping Sparrow**
39. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
40. Great Crested Flycatcher (v)

Elsewhere

41. Red-bellied Woodpecker
42. Common Grackle
43. European Starling
44. Rock Pigeon

v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere

First-of-Year Tanager

Saturday, May 12th, 2018
Scarlet Tanager, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 12 May 2018.

Scarlet Tanager.

Northern Parula, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 12 May 2018.

Northern Parula.

A sunny, birdy morning. Among highlights: Broad-winged Hawks chasing a Northern Harrier, crows chasing a Northern Harrier, crows chasing a raven, crows chasing a Bald Eagle—and a first-of-year Scarlet Tanager.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8 a.m., I hiked all trails.

1. Ovenbird**
2. Black-throated Green Warbler
3. Northern Parula
4. Black-and-white-Warbler
5. Blue-headed Vireo (v)
6. Chestnut-sided Warbler (v)
7. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v)
8. Black-capped Chickadee
9. Great Crested Flycatcher
10. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
11. Song Sparrow**
12. Common Yellowthroat**
13. Scarlet Tanager†
14. American Goldfinch (v)
15. American Crow*
16. Blue Jay (v)
17. Herring Gull* (v)
18. Nashville Warbler (v)
19. Broad-winged Hawk
20. Northern Harrier
21. Purple Finch (v)
22. Tufted Titmouse (v)
23. Eastern Towhee
24. Gray Catbird
25. Yellow Warbler (v)
26. Northern Cardinal (v)
27. Mourning Dove**
28. Tree Swallow
29. Eastern Phoebe*
30. Savannah Sparrow
31. Common Loon
32. Yellow-rumped Warbler
33. Hermit Thrush (v)
34. Bald Eagle
35. Osprey
36. Northern Flicker (v)

Elsewhere

37. Chipping Sparrow
38. European Starling
39. Rock Pigeon

v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere

Bald Eagle, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 12 May 2018.

Bald Eagle.

 
Bird Report is a (sometimes intermittent) record of the birds I encounter while hiking, see while driving, or spy outside my window. —Brian Willson



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