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A Partly-Sunny Day

Saturday, June 3rd, 2017
American Goldfinch, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 03 June 2017.

American Goldfinch.

In the woods with dog this morning, I watched as a pair of chasing Ovenbirds zipped by no more than about a foot away.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 9 a.m., I hiked all trails.

1. Northern Cardinal* (v)
2. Chestnut-sided Warbler**
3. Common Yellowthroat
4. American Redstart** (v)
5. American Goldfinch
6. Eastern Towhee
7. Black-capped Chickadee
8. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
9. Alder Flycatcher
10. Gray Catbird* (v)
11. Veery (v)
12. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
13. Purple Finch (v)
14. Yellow Warbler**
15. Tree Swallow
16. Song Sparrow
17. American Crow* (v)
18. Ruffed Grouse (booming)
19. Eastern Phoebe*
20. Field Sparrow (v)
21. Tufted Titmouse (v)
22. American Robin (v)
23. Chipping Sparrow* (v)
24. Red-eyed Vireo (v)
25. Black-billed Cuckoo (v)
26. Cedar Waxwing
27. Wood Thrush (v)
28. Red-eyed Vireo
29. Eastern Wood-pewee (v)

Elsewhere

30. Mourning Dove (v)
31. Canada Goose (v)
32. European Starling
33. Common Grackle
34. Herring Gull

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

 

Rainy Day Tanagers

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017
Female and male Scarlet Tanagers, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 22 May 2017

Scarlet Tanagers.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:30 a.m., I hiked all trails.

1. Red-eyed Vireo (v)
2. Ovenbird
3. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
4. Chestnut-sided Warbler
5. American Robin*
6. American Goldfinch
7. Eastern Towhee
8. Black-and-white Warbler
9. Black-capped Chickadee
10. Great Crested Flycatcher
11. Downy Woodpecker (v)
12. Yellow Warbler**
13. Gray Catbird
14. Mourning Dove (v)
15. Common Yellowthroat**
16. Song Sparrow**
17. American Crow*
18. Scarlet Tanager
19. American Redstart (v)
20. Alder Flycatcher (v)
21. Eastern Phoebe
22. Tree Swallow
23. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
24. Tufted Titmouse (v)
25. Eastern Bluebird
26. Veery (v)
27. Northern Cardinal**
28. Ruffed Grouse
29. Field Sparrow (v)
30. Wild Turkey
31. Hermit Thrush (v)
32. Black-billed Cuckoo (v)
33. White-breasted Nuthatch
34. Black-throated Blue Warbler (v)

Elsewhere

35. European Starling
36. Chipping Sparrow
37. Herring Gull

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

 

Tanager

Friday, May 19th, 2017
Scarlet Tanager, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 18 May 2017.

Scarlet Tanager.

This day was a warm one. I missed scores of good photos—but got a good look at a singing tanager. (And survived a 14-mile bike ride later in the day.

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

1. Ovenbird**
2. Black-throated Green Warbler** (v)
3. Common Yellowthroat (v)
4. Eastern Phoebe* (v)
5. Blue Jay (v)
6. American Redstart**
7. American Crow*
8. American Goldfinch (v)
9. Mourning Dove (v)
10. Chestnut-sided Warbler
11. Red-eyed Vireo†
12. Black-and-white Warbler
13. American Robin*
14. Black-capped Chickadee**
15. Eastern Towhee
16. Gray Catbird**
17. Yellow Warbler**
18. Alder Flycatcher† (v)
19. Scarlet Tanager
20. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
21. Tree Swallow
22. Savannah Sparrow
23. Tufted Titmouse
24. Field Sparrow
25. Northern Cardinal** (v)
26. Black-billed Cuckoo† (v)
27. Downy Woodpecker
28. Hermit Thrush (v)
29. Wild Turkey (v)
30. Eastern Wood-pewee† (v)

Elsewhere

31. Common Grackle
32. House Finch (v)
33. Herring Gull
34. Chipping Sparrow (v)
35. Osprey
36. Mallard
37. House Sparrow
38. Turkey Vulture

v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird

 

 
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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