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Archive for January, 2017

Date with a Raven

Saturday, January 28th, 2017
Ghost of raven, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 28 January 2017.

Ghost of raven.

American Robin, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 28 January 2017.

American Robin.

Ascending the hill this morning
I told my dog,
“Maybe we’ll see the raven.”
And we did.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:30 a.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. American Robin
2. Black-capped Chickadee**
3. Blue Jay
4. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
5. Tufted titmouse (v)
6. American Crow* (v)
7. Common Raven

Elsewhere

8. Herring Gull
9. Red-tailed Hawk

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

 

Chickadee

Friday, January 27th, 2017
Black-capped Chickadee, Rockport, Maine, 27 January 2017.

Black-capped Chickadee.

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

1. American Crow* (v)
2. Common Raven
3. Herring Gull*
4. Black-capped Chickadee*

Elsewhere

5. Rock Pigeon
6. European Starling
7. American Robin
8. Mallard

v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere

Eagle and Geese

Thursday, January 26th, 2017
Eagle and geese, Clam Cove, Rockport, Maine, 26 January 2017.

Eagle and geese.

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

1. Common Raven
2. American Goldfinch (v)
3. American Crow*
4. American Robin
5. Tufted Titmouse (v)
6. Black-capped Chickadee**
7. Blue Jay (v)
8. Herring Gull*

Elsewhere

9. Bald Eagle
10. Canada Goose
11. Cormorant (sp)

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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