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Archive for February, 2012

Snow-free

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
Birch, Beech Hill, Rockport, Maine, 08 February 2012.

Birch.

Every winter’s different, and this has been an odd one. Very little snow, no long cold snaps. Saw robins again on Beech Hill late afternoon.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 4:30 p.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. American robin

Elsewhere

2. Canada goose (voice in the wee huors)
3. American crow
4. House sparrow
5. House finch
6. Herring gull
7. Ring-billed gull

The full moon rose…

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
Moonrise beyond Mt. Desert, from Beech Hill, Rockport, Maine, 07 February 2012.

Moonrise beyond Mt. Desert.

…beyond Mt. Desert Island.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 4:30 p.m., I hiked the open trail.

(No birds seen or heard on the hill today.)

Elsewhere

1. American crow
2. Herring gull
3. House sparrow
4. White-breasted nuthatch
5. Black-capped chickadee

February thaw

Monday, February 6th, 2012
Moon over Clam Cove, Glen Cove, Rockport, Maine, 06 February 2012.

Moon over Clam Cove.

A discombobulating sort of day. Kicking myself for not going out cycling—the temperature got to 44 degrees (F) at my place. Sun, sun. Thaw. Jack and I didn’t get out in it until late in the day. Got to Beech Hill and discovered I’d forgotten my camera.

So of course I figured there’d be some great photos—maybe even a snowy owl. Sure enough, right away I saw a bright-breasted robin sitting high in the crown of a bare hardwood. Farther up the muddy slope, I got a load of the moon. A nearly full moon, rising low beyond the summit. It looked great just hanging there above Mt. Desert Island.

But no snowy owl.

Coming back down Powerhouse Hill, I got a load of the moon over Clam Cove, climbing through a pinkish sky.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 4:15 p.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. Black-capped chickadee
2. American robin

Elsewhere

3. American crow
4. Herring gull
5. House sparrow
6. Rock pigeon
7. Mourning dove

 
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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