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Pairs

Wednesday, February 28th, 2018
Eastern Bluebird (female), Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 28 February 2018.

Eastern Bluebird (female).

On the hill this morning, goldfinches were flocking by the dozens, while the bluebirds were dividing into pairs.

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

1. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
2. American Crow*
3. Eastern Bluebird
4. American Goldfinch
5. Common Raven
6. Black-capped Chickadee
7. Herring Gull*

Elsewhere

8. Northern Flicker (v)
9. Mourning Dove
10. Rock Pigeon

v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
 

Alcid

Wednesday, February 28th, 2018
Thick-billed Murre, Rockport Harbor, Maine, 27 February 2018.

Thick-billed Murre.

I’m not sure I’d ever seen a Thick-billed Murre before today. Maybe I had, but I sure don’t remember. Nonetheless, there one was, wearing non-breeding attire and bobbing about in Rockport’s inner harbor this afternoon when I dropped by the public landing.

Cool.

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

1. Northern Flicker (v)
2. American Crow*
3. American Goldfinch (v)
4. Black-capped Chickadee
5. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)

Elsewhere

6. Northern Cardinal (v)
7. Herring Gull
8. House Finch (v)
9. Thick-billed Murre
10. Bufflehead
11. Common Loon
12. Mallard

v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere

Grouse Tracks.

Monday, February 26th, 2018
Eastern Bluebird, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 26 February 2018.

Eastern Bluebird.

Bluebirds, bunting, goldfinch—but no grouse this morning. I did see grouse tracks, though.

Grouse tracks, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 26 February 2018.

Grouse tracks.

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

1. Black-capped Chickadee** (v)
2. Hairy Woodpecker
3. Tufted Titmouse (v)
4. American Crow*
5. Eastern Bluebird
6. American Goldfinch
7. Snow Bunting
8. American Robin*
9. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)

Elsewhere

11. Mourning Dove
12. Herring Gull

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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