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Day of fog and overcast

Wednesday, July 30th, 2014
Chipping Sparrow, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 30 July 2014.

Chipping Sparrow.

Really busy day of fog and overcast. Had to sneak out quickly before an afternoon appointment to hike Beech Hill with Jack.

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (and flies), Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 30 July 2014.

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (and flies).

Lots of people up there today, despite the grayness and coolness. Furtive birds still—including a little family of Chipping Sparrows. The juvenile female sapsucker was perched again on her favorite tree trunk, sipping away with the flies.

Other sparrow families, too, along with robins and waxwings and a singing Alder Flycatcher.

Tonight is cool and damp.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 2:45 p.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. Eastern Towhee
2. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
3. Red-eyed Vireo
4. American Goldfinch
5. Chipping Sparrow
6. Cedar Waxwing
7. Savannah Sparrow
8. American Robin
9. Song Sparrow
10. Alder Flycatcher
11. Gray Catbird
12. White-breasted Nuthatch

Elsewhere

13. Herring Gull
14. American Crow
15 .Mourning Dove

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

 

Hillside, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 30 July 2014.

Hillside.

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