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Date with a Raven

Saturday, January 28th, 2017
Ghost of raven, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 28 January 2017.

Ghost of raven.

American Robin, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 28 January 2017.

American Robin.

Ascending the hill this morning
I told my dog,
“Maybe we’ll see the raven.”
And we did.

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

1. American Robin
2. Black-capped Chickadee**
3. Blue Jay
4. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
5. Tufted titmouse (v)
6. American Crow* (v)
7. Common Raven

Elsewhere

8. Herring Gull
9. Red-tailed Hawk

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

 

Before the storm

Tuesday, January 24th, 2017
American Robin, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 23 January 2017.

American Robin.

A sloppy nor’easter’s on its way,
Or so the prognosticators say.
The birds flitted nervously today.
A sloppy nor’easter’s on its way.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 9:30 a.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
2. Black-capped Chickadee
3. American Crow*
4. Downy Woodpecker
5. Common Raven (v)
6. Herring Gull*
7. Northern Flicker
8. American Robin
9. Blue Jay (v)

Elsewhere

10. Northern Cardinal
11. Mallard
12. Rock Pigeon

v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere

 

Gray

Sunday, January 22nd, 2017
American Goldfinch, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 22 January 2017.

American Goldfinch.

Today was gray.
A gray, muddy day.
Catkins and goldfinches,
robins and crows,
titmice and chickadees.
Still no big snows.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 10:15 a.m., I hiked the open trail.

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

Elsewhere

8. Northern Cardinal

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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