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Archive for October, 2016

Chilly Wind A-Blowin’

Monday, October 10th, 2016
Hermit Thrush, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 10 October 2016.

Hermit Thrush.

Cold front moved through last night. Four surprise bird species (out of ten) popped up. Saw an eagle elsewhere.

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

Yellow-rumped Warbler, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 10 October 2016.

Yellow-rumped Warbler.

1. Yellow-rumped Warbler
2. American Robin
3. Black-capped Chickadee
4. American Crow*
5. American Goldfinch (v)
6. Song Sparrow
7. Dark-eyed Junco
8. Cooper’s Hawk
9. Hairy Woodpecker
10. Hermit Thrush

Elsewhere

11. Bald Eagle
12. Tufted Titmouse

v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere

Owls Head Light, from Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 10 October 2016.

Owls Head Light (from Beech Hill Preserve).

All-Day Rain

Sunday, October 9th, 2016
American Crow, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 09 October 2016.

American Crow.

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

Yellow-rumped Warbler, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 09 October 2016.

Yellow-rumped Warbler, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 09 October 2016.

1. Black-capped Chickadee**
2. American Crow*
3. Blue Jay (v)
4. Yellow-rumped Warbler
5. White-throated Sparrow (v)
6. Pileated Woodpecker
7. Song Sparrow (v)
8. Eastern Towhee (v)
9. Merlin
10. Tufted Titmouse (v)

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

 

 

Foggy Morn

Saturday, October 8th, 2016
Yellow-rumped Warbler, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 08 October 2016.

Yellow-rumped Warbler.

[Also today I heard an unidentified vireo, an unidentified sparrow, saw two unidentified passerines, and heard chipmunks, a couple of solo peepers, and both slow and long crickets.]

Pink-edged Sulphur, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 08 October 2016.

Pink-edged Sulphur.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:15 a.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. American Crow* (v)
2. Black-capped Chickadee** (v)
3. Blue Jay
4. Yellow-rumped Warbler
5. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
6. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
7. White-throated Sparrow
8. Song Sparrow
9. Eastern Towhee (v)
10. American Goldfinch (v)
11. Tufted Titmouse (v)
12. Northern Cardinal** (v)

Elsewhere

13. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
14. Herring Gull
15. Rock Pigeon
16. Canada Goose

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

Lifting fog, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 08 October 2016.

Lifting fog.

 
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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