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Breakfast with the Phoebes

Monday, July 31st, 2017
Breakfast with the phoebes, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 31 July 2017.

Eastern Phobes at feeding time.

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

1. American Robin
2. American Goldfinch
3. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
4. Eastern Towhee**
5. Alder Flycatcher
6. Downy Woodpecker (v)
7. Broad-winged Hawk
8. Hermit Thrush (v)
9. Cedar Waxwing
10. Song Sparrow
11. Gray Catbird
12. Northern Flicker
13. Mourning Dove**
14. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
15. American Crow*
16. American Kestrel
17. Eastern Phoebe
18. Baltimore Oriole
19. Common Yellowthroat
20. Purple Finch
21. Northern Cardinal* (v)
22. Red-eyed Vireo** (v)
23. Field Sparrow

Elsewhere

24. Chipping Sparrow
25. Herring Gull

More juvies

Sunday, July 30th, 2017
Eastern Phoebe (fledgling), Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 30 July 2017.

Eastern Phoebe (fledgling).

Chestnut-sided Warbler (parent hunting for its youngster), Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 30 July 2017.

Chestnut-sided Warbler (parent hunting for its youngster nearby).

In the yard today I got a look at a juvie Chipping Sparrow. Also a juvie American Redstart. Soon after, at Beech Hill, I got to watch a few juvie Barn Swallows swoop and veer up around the spruce grove, nabbing flies. And nearby I spied a juvie Eastern Phoebe begging for food from its solicitous parent.

Then back down the slope, I watched an adult Chestnut-sided Warbler feed its little light-green kiddo.

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

1. American Robin
2. Black-capped Chickadee
3. Eastern Towhee
4. Chestnut-sided Warbler
5. Cedar Waxwing
6. Alder Flycatcher
7. Gray Catbird
8. Song Sparrow
9. Tufted Titmouse
10. American Crow
11. Field Sparrow
12. Barn Swallow
13. Eastern Phoebe
14. Herring Gull
15. Hermit Thrush
16. Common Yellowthroat

Elsewhere

17. Chipping Sparrow
18. American Redstart
19. Northern Cardinal
20. Downy Woodpecker
21. Herring Gull
22. Osprey
23. European Starling

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

Barn Swallow (juvie), Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 30 July 2017.

Barn Swallow (juvie).

Gallery: Blueberry Days

Saturday, July 29th, 2017
American Redstart (juvenile), Rockport, Maine, 29 July 2017.

American Redstart (juvenile).

Eastern Towhee, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 29 July 2017.

Eastern Towhee.

Gray Catbird, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 29 July 2017.

Gray Catbird.

American Red Squirrel, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 29 July 2017.

American Red Squirrel.

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

1. Eastern Towhee
2. American Robin
3. Cedar Waxwing
4. American Goldfinch**
5. Alder Flycatcher
6. Northern Cardinal** (v)
7. Gray Catbird
8. Song Sparrow**
9. Yellow Warbler
10. American Crow*
11. Common Yellowthroat**
12. Field Sparrow (v)
13. Red-eyed Vireo (v)
14. Red-breasted Nuthatch
15. Black-capped Chickadee
16. Eastern Wood-pewee

Elsewhere

17. Chipping Sparrow
18. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
19. American Redstart
20. Herring Gull
21. Turkey Vulture

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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