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Posts Tagged ‘laughing gull’
Sunday, May 11th, 2014
 Least Flycatcher. Up really early. Not as chilly as recent days. Mostly cloudy but with a little sun poking through. Lots of birds.
 White-throated Sparrow. Mallard on the roadside pulling in. Singing vireo, warblers, thrushes, tits. Also heard sweet distinctive phrasing of a Brown Creeper. Soon heard the drumming of a partridge and flushed a woodcock. Then I got a glimpse of a (silent) Black-throated Blue Warbler—first of the year.
By the time we reached the summit, I had listed thirty species, including a cooperative Least Flycatcher that posed for photos.
More down the open trail. Lots of White-throated Sparrows. Many sparrow species, in fact. At least a couple pairs of cowbirds. A solitary harrier. Spotted a Downy Woodpecker, heard a red-belly. Most species on the hill this year so far.
Also the most in a single day generally, including—while cycling twenty miles in what turned out to be a gorgeous sun-drenched day, the first 70-degree (F) day of the year—goose, blackbird, and first-of-year Laughing Gulls in Camden (where I stopped by the friendly new Owl and Turtle book store and cafe).
Rose early, did a lot, and have stayed up kind of late. I’d call this one a pretty big day.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 6 a.m, I hiked all trails.
1. Mallard*
2. Blue-headed Vireo (v)
3. Ovenbird**
4. Black-and-white Warbler**
5. Black-throated Green Warbler** (v)
6. American Robin*
7. Tufted Titmouse** (v)
8. American Goldfinch**
9. Brown Creeper (v)
10. American Crow*
11. Common Yellowthroat**
12. Veery
13. Black-capped Chickadee**
14. Eastern Towhee
15. Mourning Dove*
16. White-throated Sparrow**
17. Chestnut-sided warbler**
18. Northern Flicker (v)
19. Ruffed Grouse (booming)
20. Nashville Warbler**
21. American Woodcock
22. Black-throated Blue Warbler†
23. Brown-headed Cowbird**
24. Wood Thrush† (v)
25. Yellow-rumped Warbler
26. Tree Swallow
27. Least Flycatcher
28. Gray Catbird (v)
29. Blue Jay**
30. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
31. Song Sparrow**
32. Northern Cardinal** (v)
33. Savannah Sparrow
34. Downy Woodpecker
35. Chipping Sparrow** (v)
36. Hermit Thrush (v)
37. Eastern Phoebe
38. Northern Harrier
39. Field Sparrow
40. House Finch** (v)
41. Herring Gull*
42. Red-bellied Woodpecker (v)
Elsewhere
43. House Sparrow (v)
44. Wild Turkey
45. Osprey
46. Double-crested Cormorant
47. Rock Pigeon
48. European Starling
49. Laughing Gull† (v)
50. Canada Goose
51. Red-winged Blackbird (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, American woodcock, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated blue warbler, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, blue-headed vireo, brown creeper, brown-headed cowbird, Canada goose, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, double-crested cormorant, downy woodpecker, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, European starling, field sparrow, gray catbird, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, house sparrow, laughing gull, least flycatcher, mallard, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern cardinal, northern flicker, northern harrier, osprey, ovenbird, red-bellied woodpecker, red-winged blackbird, rock pigeon, ruby-crowned kinglet, ruffed grouse, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tree swallow, tufted titmouse, veery, white-throated sparrow, wild turkey, wood thrush, yellow-rumped warbler
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Saturday, September 28th, 2013
 Magnolia warbler, Monhegan. Up early, birded Monhegan until late morning, got my stuff together, took the Elizabeth Ann back inshore. The water was as smooth as new blacktop, the sun bright, a youthful eagle flapping to a perch on a tall spruce on an island.
Got my dog, put stuff away, took a hike up Beech Hill.
(I’ll compile my Monhegan list soon.)
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 4:15 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Common raven* (v)
2. Yellow-rumped warbler
3. American crow* (v)
4. Black-capped chickadee* (v)
5. Magnolia warbler*
6. Gray catbird** (v)
7. Ruby-crowned kinglet*
Elsewhere
8. Cape May warbler
9. Herring gull
10. Blue jay
11. Northern flicker
12. Golden-crowned kinglet (v)
13. Black-capped chickadee
14. Black-and-white warbler
15. Carolina wren (v)
16. Red-breasted nuthatch (v)
17. Red-eyed vireo
18. Blue-headed vireo
19. Merlin
20. Northern harrier
21. Bald eagle
22. Great black-backed gull
23. Song sparrow
24. Swamp sparrow
25. Northern parula
26. Yellow-bellied sapsucker
27. Black-throated green warbler
28. Eastern phoebe
29. Sharp-shinned hawk
30. White-throated sparrow
31. White-crowned sparrow
32. Northern waterthrush
33. Mallard
34. Double-crested cormorant
35. Black guillemot
36. Semipalmated plover
37. European starling
38. Peregrine falcon
39. American robin
40. Northern mockingbird
41. Yellow-billed cuckoo
42. Yellow warbler
43. Downy woodpecker
44. Northern gannett
45. Laughing gull
46. Palm warbler
47. Mourning dove
48. Brown creeper
49. Cedar waxwing
50. American goldfinch
- Magnolia warbler.
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, bald eagle, black guillemot, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warblere, blue jay, blue-headed vireo, brown creeper, Cape May warbler, Carolina wren, Cedar waxwing, common raven, double-crested cormorant, downy woodpecker, eastern phoebe, European starling, golden-crowned kinglet, gray catbird, great black-backed gull, herring gull, laughing gull, magnolia warbler, mallard, merlin, mourning dove, northern flicker, northern gannett, northern harrier, northern mockingbird, northern parula, northern waterthrush, palm warbler, peregrine falcon, red-breasted nuthatch, red-eyed vireo, ruby-crowned kinglet, semipalmated plover, sharp-shinned hawk, song sparrow, swamp sparrow, white-crowned sparrow, white-throated sparrow, yellow warbler, yellow-bellied sapsucker, yellow-billed cuckoo, yellow-rumped warbler
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Sunday, September 1st, 2013
 Black-throated green warbler (juvie). Busy Sunday. No desk work at all, but I’d run out of cat food, so I made a quick run to the grocery store before noon. Clouds loomed, interspersed by a little blue. Not much wind. Decided to ride my bicycle in early afternoon.
 Chestnut-sided warbler. Did that. Was a nice, long ride.
Then Jack and I took kind of an early (relative to recent ones) Beech Hill hike. Right away we met a pair of birders—and, I might add, dog-lovers—with whom we spent quite a while following warblers near the parking lot. (This, after watching a neighborhood cat catch a chipmunk.) Watched a little family of chestnut-sided warblers, a young black-throated green, what appeared to be another female Blackburnian. Also chickadees, titmice, vireos, catbirds, and a towhee.
Afternoon was sunnier. Toward the summit, we came upon more waxwings hunting flies. Also sparrows. Quite a few human hikers, as well.
And dragonflies.
And crickets.
On our return home, I mowed the lawn.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 3 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Gray catbird
2. Black-capped chickadee**
3. Tufted titmouse (v)
4. Chipping sparrow
5. White-breasted nuthatch (v)
6. Red-eyed vireo (v)
7. American goldfinch** (v)
8. Chestnut-sided warbler
9. Black-throated green warbler
10. Blackburnian warbler
11. Eastern towhee (v)
12. Cedar waxwing
13. American crow* (v)
14. Song sparrow
15. Savannah sparrow
16. Blue jay
Elsewhere
17. Herring gull
18. Rock pigeon
19. Northern cardinal (v)
20. Laughing gull
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blackburnian warbler, blue jay, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, gray catbird, herring gull, laughing gull, northern cardinal, red-eyed vireo, rock pigeon, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch
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