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Posts Tagged ‘red-breasted nuthatch’
Saturday, May 31st, 2014
 Red-eyed Vireo. Ahhh, what a morning. For one thing, the sun came up and the sky was blue—so blue and empty of clouds, in fact, that I got a sort of strange, uncomfortable feeling that I might somehow slip the surly bonds of Earth and float off into the cosmos. But then I forgot about it and hiked Beech Hill with Jack, my dog.
 Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Mallards along Rockville Street again. (Weirdos.) Plenty of singing birds, the usual suspects, sans any Black-throated Blue Warblers. Hummingbirds everywhere, what with the highbush blueberries blooming. Another Great Crested Flycatcher. The Red-bellied Woodpecker in the oak grove again. (Love those guys.) And a nice surprise: a Peregrine Falcon flapping over the summit as we approached along the wood-edge.
Forty-four species. Nice. No hawks other than the peregrine. But I got pretty close to a Nashville Warbler (backlit, unfortunately). And—thinking back to yesterday’s Bird Report—I heard four Type II warbler songs today (Chestnut-sided Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, Yellow Warbler, and what I assume was a territorial Ovenbird song that I’d never noticed before, with alternating in higher and lower pitches). Also crickets again.
This afternoon I rode twenty miles on my bicycle. Cool but sunny enough that I didn’t need long sleeves. Felt great, and I heard a bunch of birds.
Just a lovely, lovely day. Every day’s a goddamn blessing. Despite this month being the rainiest May I can remember, I guess I’m just an incurable optimist.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 6:30 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Mallard
2. Red-eyed Vireo**
3. Chestnut-sided Warbler**
4. Ovenbird**
5. Eastern Phoebe
6. Tufted Titmouse**
7. Black-throated Green Warbler** (v)
8. Common Yellowthroat**
9. Veery** (v)
10. Black-and-white Warbler
11. Eastern Towhee
12. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v)
13. Hairy Woodpecker
14. American Goldfinch
15. Mourning Dove*
16. Blue Jay
17. Black-capped Chickadee*
18. American Redstart**
19. Nashville Warbler
20. Gray Catbird**
21. American Robin*
22. Great Crested Flycatcher (v)
23. Alder Flycatcher
24. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
25. American Crow*
26. Hermit Thrush (v)
27. Northern Flicker
28. Peregrine Falcon
29. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (drumming)
30. Song Sparrow**
31. Northern Cardinal* (v)
32. Yellow Warbler**
33. Field Sparrow (v)
34. Cedar Waxwing
35. Chipping Sparrow** (v)
36. Brown-headed Cowbird
37. Red-breasted Nuthatch
38. House Finch* (v)
39. Savannah Sparrow
40. Tree Swallow (v)
41. Black-throated Green Warbler** (v)
42. Scarlet Tanager (v)
43. Red-bellied Woodpecker
44. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
Elsewhere
45. Turkey Vulture
46. Herring Gull
47. European Starling
48. Rock Pigeon
49. House Sparrow
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
 American Goldfinch, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 31 May 2014.
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, European starling, field sparrow, gray catbird, great crested flycatcher, hairy woodpecker, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, house sparrow, mallard, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern cardinal, northern flicker, ovenbird, peregrine falcon, pileated woodpecker, red-breasted nuthatch, red-eyed vireo, rock pigeon, rose-breasted grosbeak, ruby-throated hummingbird, savannah sparrow, scarlet tanagerr, song sparrow, tree swallow, tufted titmouse, turkey vulture, veery, yellow warbler, yellow-bellied sapsucker
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Saturday, May 24th, 2014
 Common Yellowthroat. Overcast again this early morning. Chilly. Not windy, though.
Heard and/or saw a bunch of birds but seemingly fewer migrants. Leaves are out all over the place, too, which makes for fewer photos. I did, however, manage a video of a singing Black-throated Blue Warbler somehow—an achievement that truly excited me.
I also got an audio recording of the curiously syncopated drumming of a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.
Drumming Sapsucker
And here are a couple more photos.
 Hairy Woodpecker, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 24 May 2014.  Chestnut-sided Warbler. 1. Red-eyed Vireo
2. Ovenbird**
3. Black-throated Green Warbler
4. Scarlet Tanager (v)
5. Common Yellowthroat**
6. Eastern Phoebe**
7. Chestnut-sided Warbler**
8. Black-and-white Warbler**
9. Veery
10. Hermit Thrush (v)
11. American Robin*
12. Eastern Towhee
13. Tufted Titmouse**
14. Northern Parula (v)
15. Gray Catbird**
16. Black-capped Chickadee
17. Mourning Dove* (v)
18. American Redstart
19. American Goldfinch
20. American Crow*
21. Herring Gull*
22. Yellow Warbler
23. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
24. Song Sparrow**
25. Tree Swallow
26. Red-breasted Nuthatch
27. House Finch
28. Alder Flycatcher (v)
29. Northern Cardinal**
30. Chipping Sparrow** (v)
31. Northern Flicker (v)
32. Hairy Woodpecker
33. Red-winged Blackbird
34. Nashville Warbler (v)
35. Field Sparrow (v)
36. White-throated Sparrow (v)
37. Black-throated Blue Warbler
38. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (drumming)
39. Osprey
40. Savannah Sparrow (v)
41. Common Raven
Elsewhere
43. House Sparrow
43. European Starling
44. Laughing Gull (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated blue warbler, black-throated green warbler, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common raven, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, European starling, field sparrow, gray catbird, hairy woodpecker, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, house sparrow, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern cardinal, northern flicker, northern parula, osprey, ovenbird, pileated woodpecker, red-breasted nuthatch, red-eyed vireo, red-winged blackbird, ree swallow, savannah sparrow, scarlet tanager, song sparrowt, tufted titmouse, veery, white-throated sparrow, yellow warbler, yellow-bellied sapsucker
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2014
 Eastern Towhee. At this time of year, I can’t help but rise early. I dream about rising early, and then I wake up early. I know it’s kind of crazy, but hey—high spring migration.
 Yellow-rumped Warbler. Forty bird species today at Beech Hill. Most notable would be the first-0f-year birds, Black-throated Green Warbler and Red-Breasted Nuthatch, as well a large wave of Yellow-rumped Warblers at the summit. We stood still for several minutes, and some of the birds perched on twigs so near us that I couldn’t even focus on them. (Of course that was at full zoom, where I keep my camera usually.) Saw another Least Flycatcher (maybe) and heard plenty of Black-and-white Warblers and Ovenbirds. Also the first Veery since my first-of-year one (a couple weeks ago).
Ran into a couple other people up there, despite the early hour, and chatted with each for a while. Sunny, breezy, lovely morning.
On the way back down through the wooded bottomland, I got a little video of an Ovenbird exhibiting the branch-walking behavior I’ve seen many times: in a state of alarm, one of the birds will approach, emitting the sharp, piercing chip note—and begin to walk (not hop) along a bare branch, usually away from you. Not sure if this is an attempt to draw you away, or what, but it was cool (again) to see.
Then, in afternoon, I rode by bicycle around for the first time in too long. It looks like—now that it’s half-over—spring has finally arrived.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 6 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Black-capped Chickadee**
2. Ovenbird**
3. Blue-headed Vireo
4. Hairy Woodpecker (v)
5. American Robin*
6. Eastern Towhee
7. Black-and-white Warbler**
8. Black-throated Green Warbler†
9. Eastern Phoebe
10. American Goldfinch
11. Northern Flicker (v)
12. Tufted Titmouse** (v)
13. Northern Cardinal** (v)
14. Mourning Dove* (v)
15. Hermit Thrush
16. Herring Gull* (v)
17. Veery (v)
18. Red-winged Blackbird (v)
19. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
20. White-throated Sparrow**
21. Yellow-rumped Warbler
22. Gray Catbird
24. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (drumming)
25. House Finch**
26. Song Sparrow**
27. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
28. Common Yellowthroat (v)
29. Chipping Sparrow**
30. White-breasted Nuthatch*
31. Brown-headed Cowbird (v)
32. Field Sparrow (v)
33. Savannah Sparrow
34. Canada Goose
35. Tree Swallow
36. Blue Jay (v)
37. Red-Breasted Nuthatch† (v)
38. Mallard* (v)
39. Empid (Least Flycatcher?)
40. Osprey**
Elsewhere
41. Rock Pigeon
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
† First-of-year bird
 Black-and-white Warbler.
Tags: American goldfinch, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, blue-headed vireo, brown-headed cowbird, Canada goose, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, field sparrow, gray catbird, hairy woodpecker, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, least flycatcher, mallard, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, osprey, ovenbird, pileated woodpecker, red-breasted nuthatch, red-winged blackbird, rock pigeon, ruby-crowned kinglet, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tree swallow, tufted titmouse, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, white-throated sparrow, yellow-bellied sapsucker, yellow-rumped warbler
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