Posts Tagged ‘rose-breasted grosbeak’
Friday, July 1st, 2022
Savannah Sparrow (with fledgling food). Overcast to start, but soon the sun came out, and the temperature began to rise. Still rather quiet along the wooded trails to start—but things picked up. Had a three or four nice conversations with fellow hikers.
Wood Lily (first of year). Ripe blueberries yesterday, and a first-of-year Wood Lily today. Both three or four weeks early.
The Wood Thrush persists, but I can’t lay eyes on it. Fewer species all told than on recent excursions—but a few nice ones, too.
Most memorable was a photo of a Savannah Sparrow with a big beak full of fledgling food.
Beech Hill List Beginning at 7:28 a.m., I hiked most trails.
`1. Veery (v)
Elsewhere
29. Pine Warbler (v)
(v) Voice only *Also elsewhere †First-of-year
Tags: American crow , American goldfinch , American robin , black-and-white warbler , black-capped chickadee , black-throated green warbler , Cedar waxwing , chestnut-sided warbler , chipping sparrow , common yellowthroat , eastern phoebe , eastern towhee , field sparrow , gray catbird , herring gull , northern cardinal , ovenbird , pileated woodpecker , pine warbler , prairie warbler , red-eyed vireo , rose-breasted grosbeak , savannah sparrow , song sparrow , tufted titmouse , turkey vulture , veery , wood thrush , yellow warbler Lists , Observations , Photo | No Comments »
Thursday, June 30th, 2022
Chestnut-sided Warbler (wrangling a moth). Had some things to do this early morning, so Captain Jack and I didn’t hit the trailhead until about an hour later than usual. It’d rained a bit overnight, and the trails were dewy—and the birds were bit quieter than in recent days.
However, over the course of our hike, birds did emerge. Quite a few species.
Notable: a Great Crested Flycatcher , chippie fledgling, a warbler wrangling a big moth. A loon in flight somewhere, a Rose-breasted Grosbeak —and the vocal House Wren is back.
We’ll do it again tomorrow, dog and I.
Beech Hill List Beginning at 8:24 a.m., I hiked most trails.
`1. Ovenbird (v)
Mammals
Eastern Chipmunk
(v) Voice only *Also elsewhere †First-of-year
Tags: American crow , American goldfinch , American robin , black-and-white warbler , black-capped chickadee , black-throated green warbler , Cedar waxwing , chestnut-sided warbler , chipping sparrow , common loon , common yellowthroat , downy woodpecker , eastern chipmunk , eastern towhee , field sparrow , gray catbird , great crested flycatcher , hermit thrush , herring gull , house wren , Nashville warbler , northern cardinal , northern flicker , ovenbird , prairie warbler , red-eyed vireo , rose-breasted grosbeak , song sparrow , turkey vulture , veery , wood thrush , yellow warbler Lists , Observations , Photo | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 15th, 2022
White-breasted Nuthatch. Harder to spot wild birds in the woodlands when the trees are all leafed out. Lately, I’ve spent a lot of time just staring up into the green canopy in the general direction of a bird’s song, Jack standing patiently by.
But still I got a photo or two.
We met a few friendly people on the hill, dog and I. And a nice selection of bird species showed up. Most notably, I heard the song of a vagrant Summer Tanager (which I’d first mis-ID’d as a grosbeak, but later confirmed). Will see if it’s still around tomorrow.
Meanwhile, here’s a photo of a nuthatch.
Beech Hill List Beginning at 7:52 a.m., I hiked most trails.
1. Red-eyed vireo** (v)
(v) Voice only *Also elsewhere †First-of-year
Tags: alder flycatcher , American crow , American redstart , American robin , black-and-white warblker , black-capped chickadee , black-throated green warbler , Cedar waxwing , Chesnut-sided warbler , chestnut-sided warbler , common yellowthroat , eastern phoebe , eastern towhee , eastern wood-pewee , field sparrow , gray catbird , hernit thrush , house wren , ovenbird , prairie warbler , purple finch , red-breasted nuthatch , red-eyed vireo , rose-breasted grosbeak , savannah sparroiw , song sparrow , tree swallow chipping sparrow , tufted titouse , turkey vulture , veery , white-breasted nuthatch , yellow warbler Lists , Observations , Photo | No Comments »
Bird Report is a (sometimes intermittent) record of the birds I encounter while hiking, see while driving, or spy outside my window. —Brian Willson
