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Finch and Phobe: A Photo Essay

Thursday, April 27th, 2017
House Finch, Rockport, Maine, 27 April 2017.

House Finch.

Eastern Phoebe, Rockport, Maine, 27 April 2017.

Eastern Phoebe.

Finch and Phoebe, Rockport, Maine, 27 April 2017.

Finch and Phoebe.

Alert, Rockport, Maine, 27 April 2017.

Alert.

Attack, Rockport, Maine, 27 April 2017.

Attack!

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

1. Tufted Titmouse** (v)
2. Northern Cardinal** (v)
3. Black-capped Chickadee*
4. Red-breasted Nuthatch (v)
5. American Crow*
6. Eastern Towhee
7. White-throated Sparrow (v)
8. Brown-headed Cowbird
9. Yellow-rumped Warbler
10. Eastern Phoebe*
11. Tree Swallow
12. Northern Flicker (v)
13. Song Sparrow**
14. American Robin*
15. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
16. Purple Finch (v)
17. American Goldfinch (v)
18. Field Sparrow (v)
19. Downy Woodpecker (v)
20. Savannah Sparrow (v)
21. Herring Gull* (v)

Elsewhere

22. Chipping Sparrow
23. House Finch
24. Rock Pigeon
25. European Starling
26. Cedar Waxwing
27. House Sparrow
28. Double-crested Cormorant

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

Birds in Fog

Wednesday, April 26th, 2017

 

Northern Cardinal, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 26 April 2017.

Northern Cardinal.

Eastern Towhee, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 26 April 2017.

Eastern Towhee.

Eastern Phoebe, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 26 April 2017.

Eastern Phoebe.

Song Sparrow, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 26 April 2017.

Song Sparrow.

Tree Swallow, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 26 April 2017.

Tree Swallow.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:15 a.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. Northern Cardinal*
2. American Robin* (v)
3. Black-capped Chickadee**
4. Eastern Towhee
5. American Crow*
6. Northern Flicker (v)
7. Eastern Phoebe
8. Song Sparrow
9. American Goldfinch (v)
10. Tree Swallow
11. Field Sparrow (v)
12. Purple Finch (v)
13. Savannah Sparrow
14. Yellow-rumped Warbler (v)

Elsewhere

15. Chipping Sparrow
16. Herring Gull

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

 

Verdant Halo

Tuesday, April 25th, 2017
Eastern Phoebe, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 25 April 2017.

Eastern Phoebe.

Spring doesn’t really explode around here until May Day, then by Memorial Day weekend—full foliage. Still, I can see a hint of greening, like a sort of verdant halo.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:30 a.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. Eastern Towhee
2. American Goldfinch**
3. American Robin*
4. Tufted Titmouse (v)
5. White-throated Sparrow (v)
6. Common Grackle
7. American Crow*
8. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (drumming)
9. Northern Cardinal**
10. Chipping Sparrow**
11. Eastern Phoebe*
12. Tree Swallow
13. Ruffed Grouse
14. Common Loon (v)
15. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (v)
16. Yellow-rumped Warbler
17. Field Sparrow (v)
18. Savannah Sparrow
19. Northern Flicker
20. Purple Finch (v)
21. Herring Gull*
Elsewhere

22. Wild Turkey (v)
23. Mourning Dove
24. House Finch (v)

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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