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Archive for March, 2014
Monday, March 3rd, 2014
 Snowy Owl (juvie). Worked a bunch today, it being Monday. When it came time to head out for a hike with dog, I decided first to run a couple errands in town, which brought us near enough to the Knox County Regional Airport that I figured we’d just swing by there again today to see if the Snowy Owls were still there. We circumnavigated the whole airpot and, on the back stretch, pulled into the turnoff we’d visited yesterday. Just one owl there today—the youngster from yesterday (I feel sure).
Otherwise, crows, gulls, pigeons, and a quick icy hike up Beech Hill.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 3:15 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Herring Gull
Elsewhere
2. American Crow
3. American Robin
4. Rock Pigeon
5. Snowy Owl
*Also elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American robin, herring gull, rock pigeon, snowy owl
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Sunday, March 2nd, 2014
 Snowy Owl. Took another early hike with Jack today. A few birds at Beech Hill—including a mess of crows harassing a red-tailed hawk—but nothing otherwise noteworthy. Afterward, running errands, I saw a bunch more birds (goldfinch, mallard, titmouse, starling, pigeon, dove), which sort of gave me the feeling that, despite the chill, spring isn’t far away.
 Young Snowy Owl. Worked all midday, then decided on a lark to take another hike up Beech Hill. Only chickadees up there this afternoon, but we did encounter a couple of dogs and a bunch of humans, including Jay, a birder friend, who informed me he’d just seen two Snowy Owls at the airport in Owls Head. So I figured what the heck—and we took a little trip to the Knox County Regional Airport.
Sure enough, there were two owls there: what looked like an adult female on the post of the gate and a young one on the snowy ground nearby.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 10 a.m., and again at 4 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. American Crow*
2. Red-Tailed Hawk
3. Herring Gull*
4. Black-Capped Chickadee (v)
Elsewhere
5. Mourning Dove
6. Mallard
7. European Starling
8. Rock Pigeon
9. American Robin
10. American Goldfinch
11. Tufted Titmouse (v)
12. Snowy Owl
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-capped chickadee, European starling, herring gull, mallard, mourning dove, red-tailed hawk, rock pigeon, snowy owl, tufted titmouse
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Saturday, March 1st, 2014
 Downy Woodpecker. A little sun early, albeit breezy and cold. Dog convinced me to accompany him on a hike fairly early, and about the time we arrived at Beech Hill, it began to snow. Lightly, but windily. Turned out to be kind of a frigid trip on a slippery trail.
 Red-tailed Hawk. We did meet a friend and his dog who had got the jump on us. I heard robins, saw a raven, heard crows, saw a female downy woodpecker working industriously on a lichen-coated tree trunk. On our return, about halfway down the trail, we stopped and just stood there and felt the breeze and listened. For about fifteen minutes we did that. One of the coolest things I’ve ever done.
Elsewhere, while running errands, I saw a bunch of birds—starlings, pigeons, gulls, and a solitary red-tailed hawk circling high above Chickawaukie Lake in Rockland.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 9:30 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. American Robin* (v)
2. Common Raven
3. American Crow* (v)
4. Downy Woodpecker
Elsewhere
5. Herring Gull
6. European Starling
7. Rock Pigeon
8. Mallard
9. Red-tailed Hawk
10. Ring-billed Gull
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American robin, common raven, downy woodpecker, European starling, herring gull, mallard, red-tailed hawk, ring-billed gull, rock pigeon
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