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Archive for October, 2016

Field Sparrow

Tuesday, October 4th, 2016
Field Sparrow, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 04 October 2016.

Field Sparrow.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:45 a.m., I hiked the open trail.

Field Sparrow, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 04 October 2016.

Field Sparrow.

1. American Crow*
2. Black-capped Chickadee**
3. Yellow-rumped Warbler
4. Blue Jay
5. Red-breasted Nuthatch
6. Purple Finch
7. American Goldfinch**
8. Song Sparrow*
9. Field Sparrow
10. White-breasted Nuthatch

Elsewhere

11. Herring Gull

v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere

 

October Crows

Monday, October 3rd, 2016
American Crow, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 03 October 2016.

American Crow.

October is the month when the crows hold their annual convention at Beech Hill. The first few attendees began to arrive this morning.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 9:15 a.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
2. American Crow*
3. Yellow-rumped Warbler*
4. Blue Jay**
5. Downy Woodpecker
6. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (v)
7. Northern Flicker (v)
8. Song Sparrow
9. Purple Finch
10. Turkey Vulture
11. Gray Catbird
12. American Goldfinch
13. Eastern Towhee
14. White-throated Sparrow (v)
15. Black-capped Chickadee** (v)
16. Golden-crowned Kinglet (v)
17. Tufted Titmouse
18. Pileated Woodpecker (v)

Elsewhere

19. Rock Pigeon
20. Herring Gull

v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere

 

Hawk and Sparrows

Sunday, October 2nd, 2016
Sharp-shinned Hawk, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 02 October 2016.

Sharp-shinned Hawk (youngster).

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:45 a.m., I hiked the open trail.

Field Sparrow, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 02 October 2016.

Field Sparrow.

1. American Crow*
2. Yellow-rumped Warbler
3. Blue Jay** (v)
4. American Goldfinch
5. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
6. Northern Flicker
7. Common Raven
8. Sharp-shinned Hawk
9. Song Sparrow (v)
10. Swamp Sparrow
11. Field Sparrow
12. Eastern Towhee (v)
13. Gray Catbird
14. Turkey Vulture
15. Horned Lark

Swamp Sparrow, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 02 October 2016.

Swamp Sparrow.

Elsewhere

16. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
17. Herring Gull
18. Ring-billed Gull

v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere

 

 
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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