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Archive for June, 2015
Saturday, June 27th, 2015
 Savannah Sparrow. Kind of a cool day, both figuratively and weather-wise. Worked like a man under a deadline—which I sort of am, considering I promised to release a new type design on Independence Day—and then took my cattle dog (mix) on a hike up a hill.
Loads of birds this early evening. Perhaps they’re busy readying for tomorrow’s big rain. Two dozen species seen or heard today.
Notable was a protective Savannah Sparrow. A vocal Great Crested Flycatcher. Also a vocal raven (seemingly carrying a bird’s egg) being harassed by three crows. And the sapsucker kept our rendezvous again.
Guess tomorrow we’ll be hiking in the rain.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 5 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Eastern Towhee
2. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
3. Chestnut-sided Warbler** (v)
4. Song Sparrow** (v)
5. Cedar Waxwing
6. American Goldfinch**
7. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
8. Great Crested Flycatcher (v)
9. Red-eyed Vireo (v)
10. American Crow*
11. Ovenbird (v)
12. Mourning Dove*
13. Gray Catbird
14. Northern Flicker (v)
15. Veery (v)
16. Common Yellowthroat** (v)
17. Yellow Warbler (v)
18. American Robin* (v)
19. Savannah Sparrow
20. Alder Flycatcher
21. Common Raven
22. Northern Cardinal (v)
23. Purple Finch (v)
24. Blue Jay (v)
Elsewhere
25. Herring Gull
26. Mallard
27. Common Grackle
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American robin, blue jay, cedar waxwing American goldfinch, chestnut-sided warbler, common grackle, common raven, common yellowthroat, eastern towhee, gray catbird, great crested flycatcher, herring gull, mallard, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, ovenbird, purple finch, red-eyed vireo, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, veery, yellow warbler, yellow-bellied sapsucker
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Friday, June 26th, 2015
 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 26 June 2015. Took another photo of the sapsucker today—a cool day, with more sunshine.
1. Eastern Towhee (v)
2. Black-capped Chickadee* (v)
3. American Redstart** (v)
4. American Goldfinch**
5. Gray Catbird (v)
6. Common Yellowthroat** (v)
7. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
8. Chestnut-sided Warbler (v)
9. Cedar Waxwing (v)
10. Song Sparrow**
11. Common Raven (v)
12. Savannah Sparrow (v)
13. American Crow*
14. Purple Finch (v)
15. Yellow Warbler** (v)
16. Herring Gull*
17. Red-eyed Vireo (v)
18. Mourning Dove*
19. Ovenbird (v)
20. Northern Cardinal** (v)
Elsewhere
21. House Finch (v)
22. House Sparrow (v)
23. Red-winged Blackbird
24. Common Grackle
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, black-capped chickadee, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, common raven, common yellowthroat, eastern towhee, gray catbird, herring gull, mourning dove, northern cardinal, ovenbird, purple finch, red-eyed vireo, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, yellow warbler, yellow-bellied sapsucker
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Thursday, June 25th, 2015
 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. I’m losing track of the days. Thought today was Wednesday at first, not Thursday, which it is. But it was a lot like Wednesday—same lovely weather, same busy desk work, same late bike ride, same hike with Jack, at the same time—5:45 p.m.
 Purple Finch. I did see the sapsucker today, though. And quite a few more species appear on my Thursday list. Most noteworthy, perhaps were the fledglings at the summit: a whole family of Purple Finches were hopping about on the porch of Beech Nut, and out back of it I watched a Savannah Sparrow being harangued by one of this year’s brood.
Also for the second straight day: a bunch of smallish black ants were swarming the kiosk by the Beech Hill Road parking lot. Odd.
And I pulled a tick off my leg after we arrived home. It was a shorts and sandals hike. Who knew?
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 5:45 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Red-eyed Vireo (v)
2. American Robin (v)
3. American Redstart (v)
4. Chestnut-sided Warbler** (v)
5. American Goldfinch** (v)
6. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
7. Black-and-white Warbler (v)
8. Eastern Towhee (v)
9. Common Yellowthroat** (v)
10. Cedar Waxwing** (v)
11. Yellow Warbler** (v)
12. Chipping Sparrow** (v)
13. Mourning Dove* (v)
14. Song Sparrow** (v)
15. Savannah Sparrow
16. Purple Finch
17. Gray Catbird (v)
18. American Crow*
19. Black-capped Chickadee**
20. Ovenbird
Elsewhere
21. House Finch (v)
22. Herring Gull
23. Eastern Phoebe (v)
24. Northern Cardinal
25. Osprey
25. European Starling (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
 Check for Ticks.
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, European starling, gray catbird, herring gull, house finch, mourning dove, northern cardinal, osprey, ovenbird, purple finch, red-eyed vireo, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, yellow warbler, yellow-bellied sapsucker
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