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Posts Tagged ‘black-billed cuckoo’
Thursday, July 18th, 2013
 Chestnut-sided warbler (juvie). Another busy ol’ day. Too busy for a bike ride, even—but Jack and I did take our routine Beech Hill hike. Sun, warm, breeze, a few looming clouds. At first not many birds made themselves apparent. The usual species. Notably, though, a white-throated sparrow popped up at the summit flitted up into one of the spruce trees.
 Common yellowthroat. Saw young chestnut-sided warblers again. Yellowthroats were also quiet. Did hear a yellow warbler (missing yesterday); did not hear or see bluebirds or waxwings.
Returning, nearing the parking lot, I heard a black-billed cuckoo very near and we froze. Tried sneaking slowly up on it, but I just can’t seem to spot those guys in the thick greenery. Also, maybe my hearing isn’t directional enough these days. Oh, well.
After a flurry of last-minute species (mostly heard, except for a broad-wing, which flew suddenly over), I ended up with twenty-one on my list somehow.
Calm and mild this evening, with a waxing moon.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 5 p.m., I hiked the wooded trail.
1. Red-eyed vireo (v)
2. American goldfinch (v)
3. Eastern towhee
4. Common yellowthroat
5. Mourning dove*
6. American redstart (v)
7. American robin
8. Yellow warbler (v)
9. Savannah sparrow
10. Song sparrow**
11. American crow*
12. Field sparrow
13. White-throated sparrow
14. Gray catbird
15. Black-capped chickadee (v)
16. Chestnut-sided warbler
17. Alder flycatcher
18. Black-billed cuckoo (v)
19. Broad-winged hawk
20. Chipping sparrow (v)
21. White-breasted nuthatch (v)
Elsewhere
22. Herring gull
23. House sparrow
24. Northern cardinal (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
 Jack in the grass.
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-billed cuckoo, black-capped chickadee, broad-winged hawk, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, eastern towhee, field sparrow, gray catbird, herring gull, house sparrow, mourning dove, northern cardinal, red-eyed vireo, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, white-breasted nuthatch, white-throated sparrow, yellow warbler
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Friday, July 12th, 2013
 Eastern bluebird (juvenile). The first cloudless day in I don’t know how long. Coolish, too. Lovely.
 Song sparrow (juvenile). Work, work, work, then play. First I rode my bike around (ahh), then I grabbed Jack and hiked all over Beech Hill. We started on the wooded side, passed a bunch of woodpeckers—a pair of downies chasing, a pair of hairies chasing—the thrushes, warblers, a cuckoo, waxwings, sparrows with youngsters. At the summit, we met a fellow hiker and her dog and chatted a while. Saw a phoebe, a pair of house finches, and (astonishingly) a solitary, light-colored rock pigeon that flew low above the blueberry fields then turned and sailed directly over Beech Nut.
Coming down the open trail, we passed about a half dozen bluebirds, most of them kiddos. A singing chipping sparrow down by Beech Hill Road.
Coming back up and over, I heard (then saw) my first crow. And the last species on today’s list: another woodpecker, a pileated, hollering from down in the trees.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 4:15 p.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Red-eyed vireo**
2. Ovenbird
3. Black-throated green warbler (v)
4. Chestnut-sided warbler**
5. Hermit thrush (v)
6. Gray catbird**
7. American goldfinch**
8. Downy woodpecker
9. Eastern wood-pewee (v)
10. Hairy woodpecker
11. Northern flicker (v)
12. Eastern towhee
13. American robin**
14. Common yellowthroat**
15. Veery**
16. Alder flycatcher
17. Cedar waxwing**
18. Black-billed cuckoo (v)
19. Black-capped chickadee (v)
20. Yellow warbler** (v)
21. Field sparrow (v)
22. Savannah sparrow
23. House finch**
24. Rock pigeon
25. Eastern phoebe**
26. Song sparrow**
27. Eastern bluebird
28. Chipping sparrow** (v)
29. American crow*
30. Pileated woodpecker (v)
Elsewhere
31. Herring gull
32. Mourning dove
33. Tufted titmouse (v)
34. Northern cardinal (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
 Blaze.
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-billed cuckoo, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthraot, downy woodpecker, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, field sparrow, gray catbird, hairy woodpecker, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, ovenbird, pileated woodpecker, red-eyed vireo, rock pigeon, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, veery, yellow warbler
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Tuesday, July 9th, 2013
 Common yellowthroat. More rain overnight. Overcast, cool, foggy day. Busy time at the office. Late hike with Jack.
 Black-eyed susan. Lots of singing birds, several scolding bird parents, a few noisy fledglings, a solitary mallard flapping swiftly—and rather incongruously—close to the summit fields of Beech Hill.
Plenty of wood lilies dot the fields now, and blueberries continue to ripen (much to Jack’s delight). Took photos of a yellowthroat and a black-eyed susan. Yellow things.
Although we stuck to the open trail today, I still ended up with twenty-six birds.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 4:45 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. American redstart (v)
2. American robin**
3. Ovenbird** (v)
4. American goldfinch
5. Common yellowthroat**
6. Gray catbird**
7. Eastern towhee
8. Chipping sparrow (v)
9. Song sparrow**
10. Black-billed cuckoo (v)
11. Black-and-white warbler (v)
12. Field sparrow
13. Red-eyed vireo** (v)
14. Veery (v)
15. Cedar waxwing
16. Mallard
17. Savannah sparrow
18. Chestnut-sided warbler (v)
19. Black-capped chickadee (v)
20.Yellow warbler (v)
21. Mourning dove**
22. Northern cardinal (v)
23. Black-throated blue warbler (v)
24. Black-throated green warbler (v)
25. White-breasted nuthatch (v)
26. Eastern phoebe (v)
Elsewhere
27. House sparrow
28. Herring gull
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-billed cuckoo, black-capped chickadee, black-throated blue warbler, black-throated green warbler, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, field sparrow, gray catbird, herring gull, house sparrow, mallard, mourning dove, northern cardinal, ovenbird, red-eyed vireo, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow warbler
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