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Archive for April, 2017
Sunday, April 30th, 2017
 White-throated Sparrow.
Many, many White-throated Sparrows slipped through a peppy northwesterly wind overnight to flood the slopes of Beech Hill. Also a bunch of Yellow-rumped Warblers. Also two first-of-year birds for me: Blue-headed Vireo and Gray Catbird.
Rain predicted for the rest of the week, pretty much—but no matter. Tomorrow is May Day.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:15 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. American Robin*
2. Black-capped Chickadee*
3. Eastern Towhee
4. American Goldfinch*
5. Blue-headed Vireo† (v)
6. Hermit Thrush
7. Black-and-white Warbler
8. Yellow-rumped Warbler
9. White-throated Sparrow
10. Song Sparrow**
11. American Crow*
12. Tree Swallow
13. Chipping Sparrow** (v)
14. Purple Finch (v)
15. Herring Gull*
16. Eastern Phoebe*
17. Savannah Sparrow
18. Tufted Titmouse (v)
19. Northern Cardinal (v)
20. Common Raven
21. Turkey Vulture
22. Dark-eyed Junco
23. Gray Catbird† (v)
24. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
Elsewhere
25. House Finch (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, blue-headed vireo, chipping sparrow, common raven, dark-eyed junco, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, gray catbird, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, mourning dove, northern cardinal, pileated woodpecker, purple finch, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tree swallow, tufted titmouse, turkey vulture, white-throated sparrow, yellow-rumped warbler Posted in Lists, Observations, Photo | No Comments »
Saturday, April 29th, 2017
 Savannah Sparrow.
 Chipping Sparrow.
 Black-and-white Warbler (first of year).
 A chipping sparrow collects a beakful of individual hairs shed by Jack, my dog.
 Eastern Phoebe.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:15 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. American Robin*
2. Eastern Towhee
3. Black-and-white Warbler†
4. Yellow-rumped Warbler
5. Northern Cardinal**
6. Blue Jay
7. Brown-headed Cowbird
8. Common Grackle
9. Tufted Titmouse
10. American Crow*
11. Tree Swallow
12. Northern Flicker
13. Black-capped Chickadee**
14. Eastern Phoebe*
15. Song Sparrow
16. Savannah Sparrow
17. American Goldfinch
18. Field Sparrow (v)
19. Chipping Sparrow*
20. White-throated Sparrow
21. Herring Gull*
22. Purple Finch (v)
23. American Woodcock
24. Red-winged Blackbird
25. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
26. Hairy Woodpecker
27. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (v)
28. Sharp-shinned Hawk
Elsewhere
29. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
30. Mourning Dove
31. Wild Turkey
v =Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, American woodcock, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, brown-headed cowbird, chipping sparrow, common grackle, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, field sparrow, hairy woodpecker, herring gull, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, pileated woodpecker, purple finch, red-winged blackbird, ruby-crowned kinglet, savannah sparrow, sharp-shinned hawk, song sparrow, tree swallow, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch, white-throated sparrow, wild turkey, yellow-rumped warbler Posted in Lists, Observations, Photo | No Comments »
Friday, April 28th, 2017
 Goldfinch in fog.
Third straight foggy day. But it’s the end of April in Maine, after all, which means I’ll be mowing the lawn in a week or so. Also, birds. Arriving birds. Migrants, inbound for the next month or so. They’ll come from the direction of the bay, arrive at sunup, begin working their way up to Beech Hill.
Tomorrow might be sunny for a change, so I hear. Sounds promising.
 Black Swan (American Crow).
This morning while working to track a singer I didn’t recognize, we flushed a woodcock that’d been sitting in the muddy trail not 20 feet in front of dog and me.
“How’d I miss that?” I said to Jack. “Camouflage, I guess.”
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:30 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. American Robin*
2. Blue Jay (v)
3. Black-capped Chickadee* (v)
4. Northern Cardinal* (v)
5. American Crow* (v)
6. Brown-headed Cowbird
7. Tufted Titmouse (v)
8. Chipping Sparrow** (v)
9. Yellow-rumped Warbler
10. Purple Finch (v)
11. Tree Swallow
12. Song Sparrow
13. Field Sparrow (v)
14. American Goldfinch
15. Eastern Phoebe
16. Savannah Sparrow
17. Northern Flicker
19. American Woodcock
20. Downy Woodpecker (v)
Elsewhere
21. White-breasted Nuthatch
22. Herring Gull
23. Rock Pigeon
24. European Starling
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
 Eastern Chipmunk.
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, American woodcock, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, brown-headed cowbird, chipping sparrow, downy woodpecker, eastern phoebe, European starling, field sparrow, herring gull, northern cardinal, northern flicker, purple finch, rock pigeon, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tree swallow, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow-rumped warbler Posted in Lists, Observations, Photo | No Comments »
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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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