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Posts Tagged ‘black-capped chickadee’
Monday, December 26th, 2011
 Mount Desert Island. I had to google “Boxing Day.” For whatever reason it’s called that, this one was gorgeous. Sunny, melty, fresh-seeming, even briefly warm in the briefly high sun. Crows about, and chickadees, and a titmouse. I shoveled the Christmas snow, and the sun took care of the thin remnant layer of ice on the deck and walkways. At one point I moved my pickup, and as soon as a started it, a small brown bird flitted away from somewhere underneath the vehicle, looked like. (I suppose it might’ve just at that moment flitted up from somewhere else, traveling low.) It was a sort of bronze-brown color with white wing bars. That’s all I got.
 Afternoon sun. But I did get a few resident species at Beech Hill with Jack, where we met a number of other hikers and saw the paw prints of dogs dashing all over the fields. (Seems a lot of people simply ignore the keep-your-dog-on-a-leash sign.) Brilliant sun, bright landscape, distant islands.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 2:30 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. American crow
2. Black-capped chickadee
3. Northern flicker
4. Brown creeper (voice)
5. Hairy woodpecker
Elsewhere
6. Herring gull
7. Tufted titmouse
Tags: American crow, black-capped chickadee, brown creeper, hairy woodpecker, herring gull, northern flicker, tufted titmouse
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Monday, December 26th, 2011
 Berries. For the first time in as far back as I can remember, it snowed on Christmas Day. Pretty much all day, in fact. A nearly perfect snow, too—soft, fluffy, not too much, but enough to have to sweep, shovel, and plow. Plenty of hikers at Beech Hill, too, which was nice, if unexpected. Even few birds up there, as well.
 Jack. Peace to you all.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 1:15 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. American goldfinch (voice)
2. Northern flicker (voice)
3. Golden-crowned kinglet (voice)
4. Black-capped chickadee (voice)
Elsewhere
5. White-breasted nuthatch (voice)
6. American crow
7. Mourning dove
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, black-capped chickadee, golden-crowned kinglet, mourning dove, northern flicker, white-breasted nuthatch
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Saturday, December 24th, 2011
 Mount Desert. What a sunny day, what a cold day. Way colder than yesterday. My temperature gauges aren’t working well at the moment, but I’d guess the high might’ve reached 20 degrees (F), and with a lick of breeze. In mid-afternoon, I convinced the daughter to hike Beech Hill with Jack and me. It might’ve been the warmest part of the day, but there’s usually a good wind blowing up on an open hill, and today was no exception. In short, we ended up with brain freeze, pretty much. But we also ended up seeing a tight-knit raft of coots at Chickawaukie lake, a pair of flickers down the eastern slope, and a gaggle of chickadees down at the parking lot. (I also happened to notice a pair of herring gulls down near Route 1.)
 Daughter and dog. Tonight—well, what do you expect when the sun goes down? Cold. Wintry, star-spangled. I love a dark Maine night sky.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 2:15 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. American coot
2. Northern flicker
3. Herring gull
4. Black-capped chickadee
Elsewhere
5. American crow
6. Rock pigeon
7. Hairy woodpecker
Tags: American coot, American crow, black-capped chickadee, hairy woodpecker, herring gull, northern flicker, rock pigeon
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