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Fly-catching Species

Friday, September 8th, 2017
Yellow-rumped Warbler, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 08 September 2017.

Yellow-rumped Warbler.

Clear day, late morning hike. Birds about, lurking—except for the fly-catching species, who stuck to the tips of the spruces where the hatch swarms were.

Cedar Waxwing, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 08 September 2017.

Cedar Waxwing.

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

1. American Goldfinch
2. Northern Cardinal (v)
3. Blue Jay
4. Black-capped Chickadee
5. Northern Flicker**
6. American Crow*
7. Eastern Towhee
8. Song Sparrow
9. Common Yellowthroat
10. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
11. Yellow-rumped Warbler
12. Cedar Waxwing
13. Least Flycatcher
14. Red-eyed Vireo
15. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
16. American Redstart (v)
17. Tufted Titmouse (v)
18. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)

Elsewhere

19. Mourning Dove
20. Rock Pigeon
21. Herring Gull
22. House Finch (v)
23. Canada Goose

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

 

Fog and Sun

Thursday, September 7th, 2017
Chestnut-Sided Warbler (immature), Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 07 September 2017.

Chestnut-Sided Warbler (immature).

Fog in the morning, sun in the evening, took one hike in each. Good wind early, few birds—but I did grab a photo of a young warbler late. Also, in the wee hours of this morning at home, I found a tiny Red-backed Salamander.

Red-backed Salamander, Rockport, Maine, 07 September 2017.

Red-backed Salamander.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 9:30 a.m.—and again at 4:45 p.m.—I hiked the open trail.

1. Tufted Titmouse (v)
2. American Crow* (v)
3. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
4. Common Yellowthroat
5. Black-throated Green Warbler
6. White-breasted Nuthatch** (v)
7. American Goldfinch
8. Eastern Towhee (v)
9. Song Sparrow
10. Yellow-rumped Warbler
11. Gray Catbird
12. American Redstart (v)
13. Cedar Waxwing
14. Chestnut-sided Warbler
15. Pine Warbler

Elsewhere

16. Mourning Dove
17. Rock Pigeon
18. Wild Turkey

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

 

Gallery: Fog and a Fallout

Wednesday, September 6th, 2017
Red-eyed Vireo (immature), Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 06 September 2017.

Red-eyed Vireo (immature).

Song Sparrow, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 06 September 2017.

Song Sparrow.

Great Crested Flycatcher, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 06 September 2017.

Great Crested Flycatcher.

Cedar Waxwing, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 06 September 2017.

Cedar Waxwing, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 06 September 2017.

Gray Catbird (teenager), Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 06 September 2017.

Gray Catbird (teenager).

Black-capped Chickadee, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 06 September 2017.

Black-capped Chickadee.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:45 a.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. American Crow* (v)
2. American Goldfinch**
3. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
4. Tufted Titmouse (v)
5. Blue Jay** (v)
6. Red-eyed Vireo
7. American Redstart
8. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
9. Northern Cardinal (v)
10. Black-and-white Warbler
11. Yellow-rumped Warbler
12. Yellow Warbler
13. Philadelphia Vireo
14. Great Crested Flycatcher
15. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
16. Eastern Towhee
17. Common Yellowthroat
18. Song Sparrow
19. Northern Flicker (v)
20. Cedar Waxwing**
21. Least Flycatcher (v)
22. Gray Catbird
23. Black-throated Green Warbler

Elsewhere

24. Mourning Dove
25. Herring Gull

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

 
Bird Report is a (sometimes intermittent) record of the birds I encounter while hiking, see while driving, or spy outside my window. —Brian Willson



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