|
|
 |
|
|
Archive for December, 2012
Saturday, December 22nd, 2012
 Pine grosbeak. Christmas Bird Count List
Beginning at 7:45 a.m., I helped count birds for the Audubon CBC.
1. House sparrow
2. Northern cardinal
3. Black-capped chickadee
4. Great blue heron
5. American crow
6. White-throated sparrow
7. Pine grosbeak
8. Herring gull
9. Mourning dove
10. Common eider
11. Common loon
12. Ring-billed gull
13. Mallard
14. Song sparrow
15. Bufflehead
16. Red-breasted merganser
17. Common goldeneye
18. Black guillemot
19. Long-tailed duck
20. Great black-backed gull
21. Purple sandpiper
22. Surf scoter
23. Red-necked grebe
24. American black duck
25. Horned grebe
26. Canada goose
27. Pileated woodpecker
28. White-breasted nuthatch
29. Golden-crowned kinglet
30. Tufted titmouse
31. American goldfinch
32. American robin
33. Hooded merganser
34. Downy woodpecker
35. Northern mockingbird
36. Blue jay
37. House finch
38. Ruddy duck
39. Common merganser
40. Ring-necked duck
41. American coot
42. Bald eagle
43. Red-tailed hawk
44. Rock pigeon
Tags: American black duck, American coot, American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, bald eagle, black guillemot, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, bufflehead, Canada goose, common eider, common goldeneye, common loon, common merganser, downy woodpecker, golden-crowned kinglet, great black-backed gull, great blue heron, herring gull, hooded merganser, horned grebe, house finch, house sparrow, long-tailed duck, mallard, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern mockingbird, pileated woodpecker, pine grosbeak, purple sandpiper, red-breasted merganser, red-necked grebe, red-tailed hawk, ring-billed gull, ring-necked duck, rock pigeon, ruddy duck, song sparrow, surf scoter, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch, white-throated sparrow
Posted in Lists, Observations | No Comments »
Friday, December 21st, 2012
 Birch. Today I was sure Jack and I would find no other vehicles parked in the Beech Hill lot when we arrived. A spattering rain, 40–50 m.p.h. winds (with higher gusts) tossing us every which way, just generally wet, angry weather. All I encountered, bird-wise, was a chickadee.
Returning, to my shock, we met another hiker coming up the trail.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 3 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Black-capped chickadee** (v)
Elsewhere
2. American crow
3. Herring gull
v = Voice only
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, black-capped chickadee, herring gull
Posted in Lists, Observations | No Comments »
Thursday, December 20th, 2012
 Outbound ferry. Another busy day. A lot of running around early, a nice little party at the house of new friends late, a pleasant Beech Hill hike with dog in the middle of things. Not a lot of bird life—but I did hear two woodpecker species in quick succession, which was kind of nice.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 2:45 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Black-capped chickadee
2. White-breasted nuthatch (v)
3. Northern flicker (v)
4. Downy woodpecker (v)
5. American coot
Elsewhere
6. American crow
7. Herring gull
v = Voice only
Tags: American coot, American crow, black-capped chickadee, downy woodpecker, herring gull, northern flicker, white-breasted nuthatch
Posted in Lists, Observations | No Comments »
|
|
| |
| Bird Report is a (sometimes intermittent) record of the birds I encounter while hiking, see while driving, or spy outside my window. —Brian Willson |
|
|
|
