7 November 2026

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Crows, Crows

Thursday, November 2nd, 2017
American Crow, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 02 November 2017.

American Crow.

Crows came out
this breezy November morning.
They held loud debates and vied
for political advantage.
One even bird managed to attain
the highest perch on the hill.

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

1. Turkey Vulture
2. Blue Jay** (v)
3. American Crow*
4. Northern Flicker (v)
5. Yellow-rumped Warbler
6. Black-capped Chickadee**
7. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)

Elsewhere

8. European Starling
9. Herring Gull
10. Wild Turkey
11. Rock Pigeon
12. Ring-billed Gull

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

 

Starlings

Sunday, October 29th, 2017
European Starlings, Rockport, Maine, 29 October 2017.

European Starlings.

Sometimes, on a blue-gray morning
before a big ol’ storm,
it’s nice to see a little flock
of European Starlings.

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

1. Black-capped Chickadee**
2. Golden-crowned Kinglet** (v)
3. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
4. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
5. American Crow*
6. Blue Jay*
7. Yellow-rumped Warbler
8. White-throated Sparrow (v)
9. American Robin (v)
10. Song Sparrow (v)
11. Downy Woodpecker (v)
12. American Goldfinch** (v)

Elsewhere

13. Herring Gull
14. European Starling

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

 

Before the Rains

Monday, October 9th, 2017
Song Sparrow, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 09 October 2017.

Song Sparrow.

Chipping Sparrow, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 09 October 2017.

Chipping Sparrow.

Before the rains
Two sparrows came.

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

1. Blue Jay**
2. American Crow*
3. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
4. American Robin
5. Downy Woodpecker (v)
6. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
7. Yellow-rumped Warbler
8. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
9. Song Sparrow
10. Tufted Titmouse (v)
11. Eastern Towhee (v)
12. Chipping Sparrow
13. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (v)
14. Gray Catbird (v)
15. American Goldfinch (v)
16. Northern Flicker (v)
17. Golden-crowned Kinglet (v)

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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