17 February 2025

Roadside Sharpie

Saturday, February 25th, 2017
Sharp-shinned Hawk (juvie), near Clam Cove, Rockport, Maine, 25 February 2017.

Sharp-shinned Hawk (juvie).

Thick morning fog and balmy temps
Pushed and pulled us up the slope
Leaving robins, crows, and black-caps
To keep track of our muddy tramp.

Black-capped Chickadee, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 25 February 2017.

Black-capped Chickadee.

Driving home I saw a little sharpie
Perched bolt upright on a fat tightrope
Of cable stretched between power poles—
A hawk scanning the fog for prey.

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

1. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
2. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
3. Black-capped Chickadee
4. American Robin
5. American Crow* (v)
6. Tufted Titmouse (v)
7. Northern Cardinal (v)
8. Red-breasted Nuthatch (v)

Elsewhere

9. Sharp-shinned Hawk
10. Canada Goose
11. Mallard
12. Herring Gull

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

 

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