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Skein of Geese, Six Starlings

Friday, December 1st, 2017
Skein of geese, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 01 December 2017.

Skein of geese.

Six starlings, Rockport, Maine, 01 December 2017.

Six starlings.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 9:15 a.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. Black-capped Chickadee
2. White-breasted Nuthatch
3. American Goldfinch
4. American Crow*
5. Downy Woodpecker (v)
6. Yellow-rumped Warbler
7. Herring Gull*
8. Golden-crowned Kinglet
9. Blue Jay (v)
10. American Robin (v)_
11. Canada Goose
12. Northern Flicker (v)

Elsewhere

13. European Starling
14. Rock Pigeon

v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere

A Warm Place

Thursday, November 30th, 2017
Eastern Bluebirds, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 30 November 2017.

Eastern Bluebirds.

Came upon a little flock of bluebirds at Beech Hill this morning. They seemed to be looking for a warm place to huddle up when the snow begins to fly.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:45 a.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. Black-capped Chickadee
2. American Goldfinch
3. Downy Woodpecker
4. Dark-eyed Junco
5. American Crow*
6. Eastern Bluebird
7. Yellow-rumped Warbler
8. Herring Gull*
9. Tufted Titmouse (v)

Elsewhere

10. Blue Jay (v)
11. European Starling

v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere

Warm, Gray Morning

Wednesday, November 29th, 2017
Distant gull, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 29 November 2017.

Distant gull.

On this warm, wet morning, I spied no overly photogenic birds. But perhaps my best shot featured a distant, peripheral Herring Gull.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:30 a.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. Black-capped Chickadee
2. White-breasted Nuthatch**
3. American Goldfinch*
4. American Crow*
5. Downy Woodpecker
6. Northern Flicker (v)
7. Herring Gull*
8. Tufted Titmouse (v)

Elsewhere

9. European Starling

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

 

 
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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