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Archive for May, 2016
Tuesday, May 31st, 2016
 Chestnut-sided Warbler (female, gathering nest fluff). Today I watched a pair
of Chestnut-sided Warblers—
a male, above, with fluffed side-feathers and raised tail
diving at the female, below,
the two of them engaging in a swift chase,
then the female, collecting tent-caterpillar silk
to use as nest fluff.
 Horny male Chestnut-sided Warbler. Too, I watched a bright male Scarlet Tanager
sing for a while in the green canopy.
And I listened to my favorite high-season
music of the bottomlands:
an Eastern Wood-pewee’s slow, slurred pronouncements,
the miraculous fountains of a Hermit Thrush,
and the subtle buzzy voice of a Black-throated Blue.
Also, I came upon the fresh carcass of
a Woodland Jumping Mouse—
the third dead small rodent
I’ve found
on the trail
in a week.
Life is made of miracles and mysteries.
 Scarlet Tanager. Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Black-throated Green Warbler** (v)
2. Ovenbird** (v)
3. American Redstart**
4. Common Yellowthroat
5. Tufted Titmouse** (v)
6. Red-eyed Vireo**
7. Chestnut-sided Warbler
8. Veery
9. Black-and-white Warbler (v)
10. Eastern Towhee
11. Northern Cardinal*
12. Alder Flycatcher
13. Eastern Wood-pewee (v)
14. Gray Catbird*
15. American Goldfinch*
16. Yellow Warbler
17. Hermit Thrush (v)
18. Cedar Waxwing (v)
19. Nashville Warbler (v)
20. Field Sparrow
21. Song Sparrow
22. Eastern Phoebe
23. Savannah Sparrow
24. Purple Finch
25. American Crow*
26. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v)
27. American Robin*
28. Tree Swallow
29. Chipping Sparrow**
30. Black-throated Blue Warbler (v)
31. White-breasted Nuthatch* (v)
32. Scarlet Tanager
 Woodland Jumping Mouse (deceased). Elsewhere
33. Blue Jay
34. Rock Pigeon
35. Common Grackle
36. Herring Gull
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-throated blue warbler, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common grackle, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, field sparrow, gray catbird, hermit thrush, herring gull, Nashville warbler, northern cardinal, ovenbird, purple finch, red-eyed vireo, rock pigeon, rose-breasted grosbeak, savannah sparrow, scarlet tanager, song sparrow, tree swallow, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow warbler
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Monday, May 30th, 2016
 Yellow Warbler. Solitude can teach you things
you’ll never learn in any other way,
such as the gentle peeps an Alder Flycatcher will make
around its favored nesting site
or where to look for hummingbirds
at just this time of year.
 Ghost of catbird. Spared of human influence,
your senses can be free to open wide
enough to learn the Earth—its sound, its feel, its shadow worlds,
its subtle change from day to day,
the hour of owl, the hour of deer.
You’ll read the minds of crows.
Yet you bring your dog along,
because a dog instinctively knows how
to tune distractions out—you wait for him, he waits for you,
together you explore the wood
as heavy fog drips from new leaves.
You’re not really alone.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:15 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. American Crow*
2. Chestnut-sided Warbler (v)
3. Ovenbird** (v)
4. American Redstart
5. Black-and-white Warbler (v)
6. Red-eyed Vireo (v)
7. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
8. Veery
9. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v)
10. Eastern Towhee
11. Common Yellowthroat
12. Alder Flycatcher
13. Gray Catbird*
14. American Goldfinch**
15. Field Sparrow
16. Song Sparrow
17. Yellow Warbler
18. Cedar Waxwing (v)
19. Tree Swallow
20. Chipping Sparrow
21. Savannah Sparrow (v)
22. Northern Cardinal* (v)
23. Tufted Titmouse** (v)
24. Black-throated Green Warbler** (v)
25. Eastern Wood-pewee (v)
Elsewhere
26. American Robin
27. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
28. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
29. Osprey (v)
30. Common Grackle
31. Herring Gull
32. Common Loon (v)
33. Common Nighthawk†
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common grackle, common loon, common nighthawk, common yellowthroat, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, field sparrow, gray catbird, herring gull, northern cardinal, osprey, ovenbird, pileated woodpecker, red-eyed vireo, rose-breasted grosbeak, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tree swallow, tufted titmouse, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow warbler
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Sunday, May 29th, 2016
 Gray Catbird. Beech Hill List
Beginning at 6:45 a.m., I hiked all trails.
 Blue Jay. 1. Common Yellowthroat
2. Ovenbird (v)
3. American Redstart
4. Red-eyed Vireo** (v)
5. American Crow*
6. Chestnut-sided Warbler
7. Black-capped Chickadee** (v)
8. Veery (v)
9. Northern Cardinal* (v)
10. Black-and-white Warbler
11. Alder Flycatcher
12. Hermit Thrush** (v)
13. Eastern Towhee
14. Gray Catbird*
15. Yellow Warbler (v)
16. Eastern Wood-pewee
17. American Goldfinch*
18. Yellow Warbler
19. Field Sparrow (v)
20. Song Sparrow
21. Savannah Sparrow
22. American Robin*
23. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v)
24. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
25. White-throated Sparrow (v)
26. Chipping Sparrow** (v)
27. Eastern Phoebe* (v)
28. Tufted Titmouse** (v)
29. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
30. Mourning Dove* (v)
31. Purple Finch (v)
32. Tree Swallow
Elsewhere
33. Herring Gull
34. European Starling
35. White-breasted Nuthatch
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, European starling, field sparrow, gray catbird, hermit thrush, herring gull, mourning dove, northern cardinal, ovenbird, purple finch, red-eyed vireo, rose-breasted grosbeak, ruby-throated hummingbird, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tree swallow, tufted titmouse, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, white-throated sparrow, yellow warbler
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