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Posts Tagged ‘white-crowned sparrow’
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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Thursday, May 16th, 2013
 Wilson’s warbler. Up early, thanks to a little sun leaking through the blinds. However, by the time Jack and I got to Beech Hill, we were surrounded by fog. Not thick fog, but mist, grayness, dampness. However, the rain had passed and a whole new gang of migrants were moving through. Right away, in fact, I heard what sounded like a red-eyed vireo—and my binoculars helped me confirm it. First first-of-year species of the day.
 White-crowned sparrow. Just in the sugarbush near the parking lot, I heard multiple warblers: ovenbird, black-throated green, parula, chestnut-sided, black-and-white, yellowthroat, blackpoll. (An aside: I love the call of a blackpoll—the sharp, steady, monotone notes, rising in intensity, then diminishing again.) Saw an osprey fly over in the mist. Heard a raven.
About half way up, I had to stop in the leafing-out trees because of the wave of warblers moving through. Black-throated greens, chestnut-sideds, yellows, black-and-whites, Nashvilles. While attempting photos of all the canopy-foraging birds, I heard the unmistakable ch-bek! of a least flycatcher. First-of-year bird No. 2.
Heard a turkey, heard a ruby-crowned kinglet. Lots more birds flitting through the trees just below the summit. As we reached that summit, a scattering of sparrows flew, and one perched up ahead of us: a white-crowned. Another first-of-year species.
Heard another prairie warbler coming down the open trail. Heard a black-throated blue warbler. The redstart and a turkey were hanging around down at the Beech Hill Road parking lot. Lots more warblers down there, too, in fact—including a Wilson’s that posed for a photo in its jaunty toupee. The fourth (and final) first-of-year bird of the day.
 American redstart. Got to thinking what’s still missing. Alder flycatcher, for one thing. Scarlet tanager, for another. Black-billed cuckoo. Pretty sure I’ve heard or seen all the other common Beech Hill birds—thanks to a big day today.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 6:45 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Tufted titmouse** (v)
2. Ovenbird**
3. Black-throated green warbler**
4. White-breasted nuthatch (v)
5. Eastern towhee
6. Northern parula**
7. Red-eyed vireo†
8. Blackpoll warbler (v)
9. Black-and-white warbler**
10. Chestnut-sided warbler**
11. Blue jay
12. Osprey
13. Rose-breasted grosbeak (v)
14. Common yellowthroat**
15. Common raven
16. Gray catbird
17. Veery
18. American crow*
19. American redstart
20. White-throated sparrow
21. Nashville warbler
22. Yellow warbler**
23. Mourning dove*
24. Black-capped chickadee**
25. Least flycatcher† (v)
26. Yellow-rumped warbler
27. Blue-headed vireo
28. Wild turkey
29. Northern cardinal**
30. Ruby-crowned kinglet (v)
31. Song sparrow**
32. American robin**
33. Savannah sparrow
34. White-crowned sparrow†
35. American goldfinch (v)
36. Hermit thrush (v)
37. Prairie warbler (v)
38. Black-throated blue warbler (v)
39. Purple finch (v)
40. Wilson’s warbler†
41. Brown-headed cowbird (v)
42. Eastern phoebe
43. Chipping sparrow**
44. Broad-winged hawk (v)
Elsewhere
45. House finch (v)
46. Herring gull
47. Double-crested cormorant
48. European starling
49. Rock pigeon
50. Common grackle
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated blue warbler, black-throated green warbler, blackpoll warbler, blue jay, blue-headed vireo, broad-winged hawk, brown-headed cowbird, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common grackle, common raven, common yellowthroat, double-crested cormorant, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, European starling, gray catbird, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, least flycatcher, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern cardinal, northern parula, osprey, ovenbird, prairie warbler, purple finch, red-eyed vireo, rock pigeon, rose-breasted grosbeak, ruby-crowned kinglet, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, white-crowned sparrow, white-throated sparrow, wild turkey, Wilson's warbler, yellow warbler, yellow-rumped warbler
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Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
 Western Kingbirds, Monhegan Island, Maine, 27 September 2011. Monhegan List
(In no particular order.)
1. Common yellowthroat
2. Magnolia warbler
3. Pine warbler
4. Black-and-white warbler
5. Wilson’s warbler
6. Blackpoll warbler
7. Yellow-rumped warbler
8. Baltimore oriole
9. Red-eyed vireo
10. American crow
11. Common raven
12. Osprey
13. American kestrel
14. Merlin
15. Peregrine falcon
16. Sharp-shinned hawk
17. Northern harrier
18. Cedar waxwing
19. Blue jay
20. Song sparrow
21. White-throated sparrow
22. White-crowned sparrow
23. Lark sparrow
24. Chipping sparrow
25. Lincoln’s sparrow
26. Dickcissel
27. Dark-eyed junco
28. Northern flicker
29. Yellow-bellied sapsucker
30. Downy woodpecker
31. European starling
32. Common grackle
33. Rusty blackbird
34. American goldfinch
35. Pine siskin
36. Carolina wren
37. Golden-crowned kinglet
38. Ruby-throated hummingbird
39. Black-capped chickadee
40. White-breasted nuthatch
41. Brown creeper
42. Herring gull
43. Great black-backed gull
44. Double-crested cormorant
45. Mallard
46. Canada goose
47. Belted kingfisher
48. Northern cardinal
49. Rose-breasted grosbeak
50. Mourning dove
51. Eastern kingbird
52. Western kingbird
53. Eastern wood-pewee
54. Eastern phoebe
55. Alder flycatcher
56. Northern mockingbird
57. Semipalmated sandpiper
58. Wilson’s snipe
59. Greater yellowlegs
60. Ring-necked pheasant
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American kestrel, Baltimore oriole, belted kingfisher, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, blackpoll warbler, brown creeper, Canada goose, Carolina wren, Cedar waxwing, chipping sparrow, common grackle, common raven, common yellowthroat, dark-eyed junco, dickcissel, double-crested cormorant, downy woodpecker, eastern kingbird, eastern phoebe, eastern wood-pewee, European starling, golden-crowned kinglet, great black-backed gull, greater yellowlegs, herring gull, lark sparrow, Lincoln's sparrow, magnolia warbler, mallard, merlin, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, northern harrier, northern mockingbird, osprey, peregrine falcon, pine warbler, red-eyed vireo, rose-breasted grosbeak, ruby-throated hummingbird, rusty blackbird, semipalmated sandpiper, sharp-shinned hawk, song sparrow, western kingbird, white-breasted nuthatch, white-crowned sparrow, white-throated sparrow, Wilson's snipe, Wilson's warbler, yellow-bellied sapsucker, yellow-rumped warbler
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