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Posts Tagged ‘white-crowned sparrow’
Tuesday, October 21st, 2014
 Hermit Thrush. Today I took an earlier hike with Jack than usual, what with a forecast of big rains. Gray were the skies as we ascended—along, saw no other humans (or canines) up there—and nervous was the feel of the air. All over the place flitted birds.
 White-throated Sparrow, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 21 October 2014. Hermit Thrushes (several), perhaps a dozen Dark-eyed Juncos, a gazillion Yellow-Rumped Warblers, a couple Hairy Woodpeckers, a Northern Flicker. I also spied a Magnolia Warbler in drab fall plumage. Many, many sparrows.
I thought I saw a chippy, but I couldn’t be sure. I could, however, be sure of the White-crowned Sparrow I saw, and a few White-Throated Sparrows, and some Song Sparrows. Oddly, on the north stone wall of Beech Nut sat three yellow-rumps and a junco. Not sure what they were up to there—but I did notice some loose swarms of fair-sized, dark, flimsy-looking flies.
Not long after we got back in the car, the rains came.
Elsewhere, the flock of geese is still hanging out in the big green field on Meadow Street. Have seen them there nearly every day for a couple weeks.
Tonight it’s been raining like crazy off and on. Supposed to continue for three solid days.
 Yellow-rumped Warbler. Beech Hill List
Beginning at 12 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. White-breasted Nuthatch
2. Hairy Woodpecker
3. Black-capped Chickadee
4. Yellow-rumped Warbler*
5. Hermit Thrush
6. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (v)
7. Magnolia Warbler
8. White-throated Sparrow
9. Northern Flicker
10. Blue Jay (v)
11. Song Sparrow
12. Dark-eyed Junco
13. White-crowned Sparrow
14. American Crow*
15. American Robin (v)
Elsewhere
16. Herring Gull
17. Canada Goose
18. Northern Cardinal
Tags: American crow, American robin, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, Canada goose, dark-eyed junco, hairy woodpecker, hermit thrush, herring gull, magnolia warblerw, northern cardinal, northern flicker, ruby-crowned kinglet, song sparrow, white-breasted nuthatch, white-crowned sparrow, white-throated sparrow, yellow-rumped warbler
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Thursday, October 16th, 2014
 Black-capped Chickadee. Took a quick, wet hike with dog today. Early afternoon. It was warm and wet—drizzling. Heavy rain earlier. Fog. And birds. Birds all over the place.
 Yellow-rumped Warbler. Flitting birds, zipping, Furtive birds. Secretive. Skittish. Most of them were sparrows.
Song, White-throated, Savannah, and White-crowned. Mostly Savannah, it seemed—thin notes from the undergrowth, little troops of sparrows slipping away into the fog. Jack and I would advance a ways and spook another little flock of them. Tseet! said the white-throats.
Didn’t get any sparrow photographs, though—no good ones, anyway. But there were almost as many yellow-rumps, and they’re always good for a photo.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 1 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Black-capped Chickadee**
2. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
3. Yellow-rumped Warbler
4. American Crow* (v)
5. White-throated Sparrow (v)
6. Song Sparrow
7. Northern Flicker
8. Savannah Sparrow
9. White-crowned Sparrow
Elsewhere
10. Tufted titmouse (v)
11. Herring Gull
12. Canada Goose
13. Mallard
14. Blue Jay (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, Canada goose, herring gull, mallard, northern flicker, ruby-crowned kinglet, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, white-crowned sparrow, white-throated sparrow, yellow-rumped warbler
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Saturday, September 27th, 2014
 Yellow-headed Blackbird.  Least Flycatcher.  Palm Warbler. The blackbird hangs around. I got a couple half-way decent photos. Also a Least Flycatcher and a Palm Warbler. (Many palms today.) Hated to have to leave—the snake I saw swimming across the Ice Pond kind of made up for the bittersweet return trip inshore.
Monhegan List
Tally of species from my last day on the island.
1. Herring Gull
2. American Crow
3. Yellow-rumped Warbler
4. Blue Jay
5. European Starling
6. Northern Flicker
7. Merlin
8. American Goldfinch
9. Pine Siskin
10. Carolina Wren
11. Song Sparrow
12. Red-eyed Vireo
13. Great Black-backed Gull
14. Double-crested Cormorant
15. Peregrine Falcon
16. Osprey
17. Cape May Warbler
18. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
19. Yellow-headed Blackbird
20. Rusty Blackbird
21. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
22. Lark Sparrow
23. White-throated Sparrow
24. Black-throated Green Warbler
25. Dickcissel
26. Mallard
27. Wood Duck
28. Belted Kingfisher
29. Great Blue Heron
30. American Redstart
31. Golden-crowned Kinglet
32. Palm Warbler
33. Least Flycatcher
34. White-crowned Sparrow…
…and more I can’t remember.
 Swimming snake (crossing the Ice Pond).
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, belted kingfisher, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, Cape May warbler, Carolina wren, dickcissel, double-crested cormorant, European starling, golden-crowned kinglet, great black-backed gull, great blue heron, herring gull, lark sparrow, least flycatcher, mallard, merlin, northern flicker, osprey, palm warbler, peregrine falcon, pine siskin, red-eyed vireo, ruby-crowned kinglet, rusty blackbird, song sparrow, white-crowned sparrow, white-throated sparrow, wood duck, yellow-bellied sapsucker, yellow-headed blackbird, yellow-rumped warbler
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