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Archive for April, 2018
Saturday, April 21st, 2018
 Yellow-rumped Warbler. Despite a northwest wind, signs of migration continue. First of year Broad-winged Hawk this morning, along with a little gang of Yellow-rumped Warblers. The resident ravens are being rather croaky, to. You can almost hear the coming spring explosion.
 Eastern Comma, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 21 April 2018. Plus, I saw a butterfly.
And so it begins anew.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:15 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Northern Cardinal**
2. Song Sparrow*
3. American Robin*
4. American Goldfinch**
5. Black-capped Chickadee**
6. Tufted Titmouse (v)
7. Eastern Phoebe**
8. Broad-winged Hawk†
9. American Crow*
10. Dark-eyed Junco* (v)
11. Herring Gull* (v)
12. Purple Finch (v)
13. Northern Flicker
14. Eastern Bluebird
15. Yellow-rumped Warbler
16. Common Raven
17. Golden-crowned Kinglet (v)
18. Downy Woodpecker (v)
Elsewhere
19. Osprey
20. White-throated Sparrow
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-capped chickadee, common raven, dark-eyed junco, downy woodpecker, eastern bluebird, eastern phoebe, golden-crowned kinglet, herring gull, northern cardinal, northern flicker, osprey white-throated sparrow, purple finch, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, yellow-rumped warbler
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Friday, April 20th, 2018
 Wild Turkeys. Everywhere this morning I saw the signs—Song Sparrows singing loudly at each other, chases of goldfinches and crows and gulls, the drumming of downy and sapsucker, the puffing up of Wild Turkeys—of the biological imperative.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:15 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. American Robin* (v)
2. Song Sparrow**
3. American Goldfinch**
4. Black-capped Chickadee** (v)
5. Blue Jay** (v)
6. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (drumming)
7. White-throated Sparrow
8. Dark-eyed Junco
9. Mourning Dove* (v)
10. Eastern Phoebe**
11. Eastern Bluebird
12. Brown-headed Cowbird (v)
13. Northern Cardinal** (v)
14. Tufted Titmouse (v)
15. American Crow*
16. Downy Woodpecker (v)
17. Northern Harrier
18. Great Blue Heron
19. Herring Gull*
20. Purple Finch (v)
21. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
22. Sharp-shinned Hawk
23. Red-tailed Hawk
Elsewhere
24. Wild Turkey
25. Osprey
26. Rock Pigeon
27. European Starling
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, brown-headed cowbird, dark-eyed junco, downy woodpecker, eastern bluebird, eastern phoebe, European starling, great blue heron, herring gull, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern harrier, osprey, purple finch, red-tailed hawk, rock pigeon, sharp-shinned hawk, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch, white-throated sparrow, wild turkey, yellow-bellied sapsucker
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Thursday, April 19th, 2018
 American Goldfinch. An overcast morning. Not too cold, not too breezy. Birds about, many birds. Singing, lurking, gathering nest material, mating. First-of-year Ruby-crowned Kinglets today.
No raptors, though, on this overcast morn.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:15 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Black-capped Chickadee**
2. Tufted Titmouse (v)
3. American Crow*
4. Blue Jay** (v)
5. American Goldfinch**
6. American Robin*
7. Song Sparrow**
8. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (drumming)
9. Ruffed Grouse
10. Eastern Phoebe**
11. Purple Finch (v)
12. Mourning Dove* (v)
13. Northern Flicker (v)
14. Northern Cardinal** (v)
15. Wild Turkey
16. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
17. Ruby-crowned Kinglet†
18. Herring Gull*
19. Dark-eyed Junco (v)
20. Downy Woodpecker
Elsewhere
21. Herring Gull
22. Turkey Vulture
23. Ring-billed Gull
24. European Starling
25. House Sparrow (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, dark-eyed junco, downy woodpecker, eastern phoebe, European starling, herring gull, house sparrow, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, purple finch, ring-billed gull, ruby-crowned kinglet, ruffed grouse, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, turkey vulture, white-breasted nuthatch, wild turkey, yellow-bellied sapsucker
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