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First-of-Year Tanager

Saturday, May 12th, 2018
Scarlet Tanager, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 12 May 2018.

Scarlet Tanager.

Northern Parula, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 12 May 2018.

Northern Parula.

A sunny, birdy morning. Among highlights: Broad-winged Hawks chasing a Northern Harrier, crows chasing a Northern Harrier, crows chasing a raven, crows chasing a Bald Eagle—and a first-of-year Scarlet Tanager.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8 a.m., I hiked all trails.

1. Ovenbird**
2. Black-throated Green Warbler
3. Northern Parula
4. Black-and-white-Warbler
5. Blue-headed Vireo (v)
6. Chestnut-sided Warbler (v)
7. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v)
8. Black-capped Chickadee
9. Great Crested Flycatcher
10. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
11. Song Sparrow**
12. Common Yellowthroat**
13. Scarlet Tanager†
14. American Goldfinch (v)
15. American Crow*
16. Blue Jay (v)
17. Herring Gull* (v)
18. Nashville Warbler (v)
19. Broad-winged Hawk
20. Northern Harrier
21. Purple Finch (v)
22. Tufted Titmouse (v)
23. Eastern Towhee
24. Gray Catbird
25. Yellow Warbler (v)
26. Northern Cardinal (v)
27. Mourning Dove**
28. Tree Swallow
29. Eastern Phoebe*
30. Savannah Sparrow
31. Common Loon
32. Yellow-rumped Warbler
33. Hermit Thrush (v)
34. Bald Eagle
35. Osprey
36. Northern Flicker (v)

Elsewhere

37. Chipping Sparrow
38. European Starling
39. Rock Pigeon

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

Bald Eagle, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 12 May 2018.

Bald Eagle.

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