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Posts Tagged ‘black-billed cuckoo’
Friday, May 20th, 2016
 Tree Swallow. These blue-sky mornings, hiking with
my loyal dog, surrounded by
mosquitoes and black flies, I spy
a few noteworthy birds of blue.
 Great Crested Flycatcher. Bluebirds, of course—though none today—
and tree swallows, whose backs display
a silky sheen in daylight. Too,
occasionally, sky-blue jays.
This morning, though, I heard a bird—
emit a loud sharp spitting sound—
and just before it flew away
ID’d an Indigo Bunting.
Alas, no decent pictures, tho.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:15 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. American Redstart**
2. Ovenbird
3. Blue-headed Vireo (v)
4. Chestnut-sided Warbler
5. Blue Jay* (v)
6. American Goldfinch*
7. American Crow*
8. Eastern Towhee
9. Veery
10. Black-capped Chickadee**
11. Ruffed Grouse (drumming)
12. Common Raven
13. Great Crested Flycatcher†
14. Tufted Titmouse**
15. Common Yellowthroat
16. Gray Catbird*
17. Northern Cardinal* (v)
18. Mourning Dove*
19. Yellow Warbler
20. Red-bellied Woodpecker
21. Hairy Woodpecker (v)
22. Nashville Warbler (v)
23. Black-and-white Warbler
24. Northern Parula (v)
25. Wild Turkey (v)
26. White-breasted Nuthatch* (v)
27. Scarlet Tanager (v)
28. American Robin*
29. Field Sparrow (v)
30. Song Sparrow**
31. Brown Thrasher
32. Tree Swallow
33. Purple Finch
34. Savannah Sparrow
35. Eastern Kingbird
36. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v)
37. Pileated Woodpecker* (v)
38. Indigo Bunting†
39. Black-billed Cuckoo†
40. Downy Woodpecker (v)
41. Black-throated Green Warbler** (v)
42. Osprey (v)
43. Red-eyed Vireo (v)
Elsewhere
44. Herring Gull
45. European Starling
46. Northern Flicker
47. Common Grackle
48. Rock Pigeon
49. Chimney Swift (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-billed cuckoo, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, blue-headed vireo, brown thrasher, chestnut-sided warbler, chimney swift, common grackle, common raven, common yellowthroat, downy woodpecker, eastern kingbird, eastern towhee, European starling, field sparrow, gray catbird, great crested flycatcher, hairy woodpecker, herring gull, indigo bunting, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern cardinal, northern flicker, northern parula, osprey, ovenbird, pileated woodpecker, purple finch, red-bellied woodpecker, red-eyed vireo, rock pigeon, rose-breasted grosbeak, ruffed grouse, savannah sparrow, scarlet tanager, song sparrow, tree swallow, tufted titmouse, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, wild turkey, yellow warbler
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Friday, June 19th, 2015
 Turkey Vulture. Evidence this morning of overnight rain dried up quickly on the way to a glorious afternoon. Worked 9 to 5, then took a hike.
 Northern Crescent. Oddly quiet right out of the pickup. First bird today, in fact, was one of the sapsuckers (and the second was the other). Finally a few species began to call and sing. Same suspects generally, and dog and I walked over the summit and down into the woods a little ways. Only added Ovenbird down there.
But on the way back, I got a good look at a Turkey Vulture soaring fairly low over a brushy field. A lot of people think them gross and ugly, but I kind of take a likin’ to TVs.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 5 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
2. Black-capped Chickadee** (v)
3. Chestnut-sided Warbler**
4. Song Sparrow**
5. Cedar Waxwing (v)
6. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
7. Common Yellowthroat (v)
8. Yellow Warbler** (v)
9. Red-eyed Vireo (v)
10. Savannah Sparrow
11. Eastern Towhee (v)
12. American Goldfinch
13. Gray Catbird
14. Alder Flycatcher (v)
15. Veery (v)
16. Ovenbird (v)
17. Black-billed Cuckoo (v)
18. Turkey Vulture
19. American Redstart (v)
Elsewhere
20. American Crow
21. Chipping Sparrow
22. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
23. House Sparrow (v)
24. Northern Cardinal
25. Tufted Titmouse (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, black-billed cuckoo, black-capped chickadee, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, gray catbird, house sparrow, northern cardinal, ovenbird, pileated woodpecker, red-eyed vireo, Savannah sparrowe, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, turkey vulture, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow warbler, yellow-bellied sapsucker
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Sunday, May 31st, 2015
 American Goldfinch pair. Drizzly and damp early, but a little rain won’t stop me and Jack. Dim and dark, but plenty of bird activity in the woods of Beech Hill. Mostly voices—songs and notes and little yelps of alarm—but a few goldfinches at the summit stood out against the gray.
 Tiny lichen. Dark clouds approaching from the west chased us back down before taking our usual stroll down the open trail. Plenty of birds in the bottomlands, though: Black-throated Blue Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, White-breasted Nuthatch, Eastern Wood-pewee. All nesting down there again this year. Plus, I heard a drumming grouse.
Cool this evening. Should be good sleeping weather.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:15 a.m., I hiked the wooded trail.
1. Veery** (v)
2. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
3. Red-eyed Vireo (v)
4. Ovenbird**
5. Chestnut-sided warbler
6. Eastern Phoebe
7. American Redstart**
8. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v)
9. Black-and-white Warbler (v)
10. Common Yellowthroat**
11. Black-billed Cuckoo (v)
12. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
13. Eastern Towhee
14. Gray Catbird
15. Cedar Waxwing (v)
16. Nashville Warbler (v)
17. Blue Jay (v)
18. Yellow Warbler**
19. Alder Flycatcher
20. Field Sparrow (v)
21. Song Sparrow
22. American Goldfinch
23. American Robin (v)
24. Mourning Dove (v)
25. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
26. Black-throated Blue Warbler (v)
27. Scarlet Tanager (v)
28. Eastern Wood-pewee (v)
29. Ruffed Grouse (drumming)
30. American Crow* (v)
Elsewhere
31. Herring Gull
32. Northern Cardinal (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-billed cuckoo, black-capped chickadee, black-throated blue warbler, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, field sparrow, gray catbird, herring gull, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern cardinal, ovenbird, red-eyed vireo, rose-breasted grosbeak, ruffed grouse, scarlet tanager, song sparrow, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow warbler
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