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I Love This Foggy Day

Friday, October 21st, 2016
Dark-eyed Junco, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 21 October 2016.

Dark-eyed Junco.

Rain early, hike late.
Alone with the dog
In the fog on the hill.

Black-capped Chickadee, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 21 October 2016.

Black-capped Chickadee.

Few birds’ voices,
Then a Hermit Thrush
On the trail so near us,

But I missed the shot.
Not so the junco
Down in the tick-filled woods.

Yellow-rumped Warblers
All over the place.
Plucked twenty ticks off Jack.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 10:45 a.m., I hiked the open trail.

Urban species (Hairy Woodpecker), Rockport, Maine, 21, October 2016.

Urban species (Hairy Woodpecker).

1. American Crow* (v)
2. Black-capped Chickadee*
3. American Goldfinch (v)
4. Yellow-rumped Warbler
5. Northern Flicker (v)
6. Hermit Thrush
7. Dark-eyed Junco
8. Blue Jay
9. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)

Elsewhere

10. Herring Gull
11. Rock Pigeon
12. European Starling
13. House Sparrow
14. Hairy Woodpecker

v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere

Halloween colors, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 21 October 2016.

Halloween colors.

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