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Grebe

Wednesday, March 6th, 2019
Horned Grebe, Rockport Harbor, Maine, 06 March 2019.
Horned Grebe, Rockport Harbor, Maine, 06 March 2019.

Nice brisk hill hike this morning. No, seriously, it was really nice, with dramatic cloud-filled skies.

Then we drove by the harbor, dog and I, where I encountered a diving Horned Grebe (in non-breeding plumage). It even posed for me.

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

1. American Crow*
2. Black-capped Chickadee*
3. Herring Gull*

Elsewhere

4. Tufted Titmouse (v)
5. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
6. Rock Pigeon
7. Mallard
8. American Black Duck
9. Common Loon
10. Bufflehead
11. Horned Grebe
12. Downy Woodpecker (v)

v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere

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Winter Blues

Tuesday, March 5th, 2019
Eastern Bluebird, Rockport, Maine, 05 March 2019.
Eastern Bluebird.

Crow and raven on the hill this cold, near-cloudless morning. Dog and I were the only ones up there for our hike. Lovely, blue, and quiet.

Raven in flight, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 05 March 2019.
Raven in flight.

Later, at home, more blue came in the form of backyard bluebirds. Winter blues.

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

1. Tufted Titmouse* (v)
2. American Crow* (v)
3. Common Raven
4. Herring Gull*
5. European Starling
6. Black-capped Chickadee** (v)

Elsewhere

7. American Robin
8. Eastern Bluebird

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

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Turkeys in the Snow

Monday, March 4th, 2019
Wild Turkey, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 04 March 2019.
Wild Turkey.

Snowed all night. Shoveled and swept in the snow this morning. Still snowing when dog and I set off up the trail—first ones up, as usual. It’s great exercise cutting the first snowshoe trail in six or eight inches of fresh snow.

Saw a robin, heard crows. Then did some errands but encountered no willing avian photo subjects. Back home, though, I got a portrait of a turkey in the snow.

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

1. American Robin
2. American Crow* (v)

Elsewhere

3. Herring Gull
4. Black-capped Chickadee
5. Tufted Titmouse
6. Rock Pigeon
7. Mallard
8. Wild Turkey

v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere

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