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Winter Thrushes

Tuesday, March 19th, 2019
Eastern Bluebird (female), Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 19 March 2019.
Eastern Bluebird (female).
Two robins, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 19 March 2019.
Two robins.

Nippy again but calm this morning. Lots of birds out first thing. On my early hike with dog in the blazing sun, we encountered a vulture, a Snow Bunting, assorted other species—including a whole bunch of thrushes.

Specifically, robins and bluebirds. I.e., the usual winter thrushes. And welcome they are on this last full day of the season.

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

1. Tufted Titmouse** (v)
2. American crow*
3. Mourning Dove** (v)
4. American Robin*
5. Snow Bunting
6. Eastern Bluebird
7. Herring Gull*
8. Turkey Vulture
9. Northern Cardinal** (v)
10. Black-capped Chickadee*

Elsewhere

11. Purple Finch
12. Dark-eyed Junco (v)
13. Song Sparrow (v)
14. Red-bellied Woodpecker (v)
15. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
16. American Black Duck
17. Mallard
18. Rock Pigeon
19. American goldfinch

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

Eastern Bluebird (male), Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 19 March 2019.
Eastern Bluebird (male).

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Bluebird and Crow

Monday, March 18th, 2019
Eastern Bluebird (male), Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 18 March 2019.
Eastern Bluebird (male).
Crow serenade.
Crow serenade, Rockport, Maine, 18 March 2019.

Kind of like yesterday, but a bit windier. Didn’t expect a lot of hill birds, but got a few—including a bluebird posing at the summit. Robins were all over the place, moving through no doubt.

Stopped of at the harbor. Nice gulls and ducks. Perhaps the nicest bird was a serenading morning’s crow.

Stopped of at the harbor. Nice gulls and ducks. Perhaps the best bird of today was a morning’s serenading crow.

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

1. American Robin*
2. American Crow*
3. Tufted Titmouse** (v)
4. Eastern Bluebird
5. White-breasted Nuthatch** (v)
6. Black-capped Chickadee*

Elsewhere

7. House Finch
8. Northern Cardinal (v)
9. Rock Pigeon
10. American Black Duck
11. Herring Gull
12. Mallard
13. Ring-billed Gull

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

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Red-breasted Nuthatch

Sunday, March 17th, 2019

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

Red-breasted Nuthatch, Rockport, Maine, 17 March 2019.
Red-breasted Nuthatch.

Another morning full of birdsong. Nippier than yesterday, but just as active—at the house anyway. The breezy hill had less activity. However it had some bluebirds.

The highlight of the dooryard birds: a random Red-breasted Nuthatch, visiting the same tree trunk occupied by a white-breast not a minute before.

1. American Robin*
2. Tufted Titmouse** (v)
3. American Crow* (v)
4. White-breasted Nuthatch*
5. Mourning Dove* (v)
6. Eastern Bluebird
7. Black-capped Chickadee** (v)

Elsewhere

8. Song Sparrow
9. Northern Cardinal
10. House Finch
11. Red-breasted Nuthatch
12. Herring Gull

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

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