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Posts Tagged ‘American coot’

Harrier on the hill

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
Birch, Beech Hill, Rockport, Maine, 20 December 2011.

Birch.

A cold, sunny day. Not much wind. Rather lovely, actually. Another late hike, but this time with a harrier flying low above the southern slope. Also coots down in the lake. And a sunset that made me pause.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 3:45 p.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. Northern harrier
2. American coot

Elsewhere

3. American crow
4. House sparrow
5. Herring gull
6. European starling
7. American robin

Late hike

Monday, December 19th, 2011
Silhouette, Beech Hill, Rockport, Maine, 19 December 2011.

Silhouette.

Didn’t get out until late today. The wind on the hill was blowing hard, but the air temperature hovered above freezing. Coots out in the lake were the only birds I saw up there.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 3:45 p.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. American coot

Elsewhere

2. Northern cardinal
3. American crow
4. House sparrow
5. Black-capped chickadee
6. Herring gull

Cold hike

Sunday, December 18th, 2011
The eastern slope, Beech Hill, Rockport, Maine, 18 December 2011.

The eastern slope.

He was cold today, our Beech Hill hike.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 2:30 p.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. American coot

Elsewhere

2. American crow
3. House sparrow
4. Black-capped chickadee
5. Herring gull
6. Bufflehead

 
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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