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Posts Tagged ‘gray catbirdv’
Thursday, June 20th, 2013
 Savannah sparrow. A day after not that many birds showed up, a lot did. Not all in person, but I heard ’em. Including such mildly exotic species like red-bellied woodpecker, bluebird, and a loon in flight. You can just tell what’s going on out there—chicks are hatching, fledglings are trying their wings, parents are getting nervous. Savannah sparrows are singing again, and I got hollered at by a few ovenbirds down the lower wooded trail.
 Ovenbird. And such a lovely evening tonight.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:30 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Red-eyed vireo**
2. Black-throated green warbler** (v)
3. Great crested flycatcher (v)
4. Gray catbird**
5. Veery
6. Black-capped chickadee**
7. Ovenbird**
8. Chestnut-sided warbler**
9. Black-and-white warbler (v)
10. Common yellowthroat**
11. American redstart** (v)
12. American crow*
13. Eastern towhee
14. Alder flycatcher (v)
15. Yellow warbler**
16. Eastern wood-pewee
17. American goldfinch
18. Mourning dove*
19. Hermit thrush (v)
20. Tree swallow
21. House finch**
22. Savannah sparrow
23. Song sparrow**
24. Nashville warbler (v)
25. Rose-breasted grosbeak (v)
26. Northern flicker
27. Tufted titmouse** (v)
28. Field sparrow
29. Northern cardinal* (v)
30. Red-bellied woodpecker (v)
31. Eastern bluebird
32. Brown-headed cowbird (v)
33. American robin**
34. Cedar waxwing
35. Common loon (v)
36. Purple finch
37. Eastern phoebe**
38. Blue jay (v)
39. Black-throated blue warbler** (v)
40. Hairy woodpecker (v)
Elsewhere
41. Broad-winged hawk (v)
42. Herring gull
43. Rock pigeon
44. House sparrow (v)
45. European starling
46. Osprey (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated blue warbler, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, broad-winged hawk, brown-headed cowbird, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, common loon, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, European starling, field sparrow, gray catbirdv, great crested flycatcher, hairy woodpecker, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, house sparrow, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern cardinal, northern flicker, osprey, ovenbird, purple finch, red-bellied woodpecker, red-eyed vireo, rock pigeon, rose-breasted grosbeak, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tree swallow house finch, tufted titmouse, yellow warbler
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Thursday, May 31st, 2012
 Seven butterflies. American ladies are beautiful, athletic, agile, maybe a little fickle, maybe a little headstrong. I’m referring, of course, to the butterflies.
 American lady. After work today, when Jack and I arrived at the wooded Beech Hill trail, the trees were oddly silent. An hour earlier, as I cycled up Route 1, a period of afternoon sun had given way to a large lump of clouds, and we walked under the overcast in stillness. I saw heard intermittent calls of the resident bird species but saw none—save an overflying loon—until we’d nearly reached the summit, when I spotted a solitary crow standing in a field. Coincidentally, that was about the time the big cloud cleared the sun, and with the increased warmth and brightness, birdsong increased.
Song sparrows, a hermit thrush, yellowthroats, an alder flycatcher. I heard—then spied—a tree swallow making little circles above the barrens. We circled Beech Nut, watched by the resident phoebe, and on the sunny side came upon the butterflies. There must’ve been a couple dozen of them swirling around in two or three tight swarms near the western wall of the hut, fluttering rapidly but with a purpose—and an impressive sense of direction. I’d seen this behavior in past years, but that didn’t make it less impressive. I pointed my camera in their general direction, focused as best I could, and fired off a bunch of shots, hoping for some kind of crazy luck. By damn, I got a couple photos.
 Song sparrow. Returning down the lower woods, I heard a black-throated green warbler singing loudly. Ovenbirds. A hermit thrush in the distance. And the lonesome song of the wood-pewee. Only the pewee distracted me from the magic of the flurry of butterflies I’d watched a little while before.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 5:15 p.m., I hiked the wooded trails.
1. American robin* (v)
2. Ovenbird (v)
3. Common loon
4. Chestnut-sided warbler* (v)
5. American redstart* (v)
6. Eastern towhee (v)
7. American crow*
8. Common yellowthroat (v)
9. Red-eyed vireo* (v)
10. Gray catbird (v)
11. Veery (v)
12. Alder flycatcher (v)
13. Yellow warbler (v)
14. Hermit thrush (v)
15. Song sparrow*
16. Black-throated green warbler (v)
17. Eastern phoebe
18. Tree swallow
19. American goldfinch
20. Eastern wood-pewee (v)
21. Black-and-white warbler (v)
22. White-breasted nuthatch (v)
Elsewhere
23. House finch
24. Herring gull
25. European starling (v)
26. Chipping sparrow (v)
27. Northern cardinal (v)
28. Black-capped chickadee (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
 Dandelions.
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common loon, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, European starling, gray catbirdv, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, northern cardinal, ovenbird, red-eyed vireo, song sparrow, tree swallow, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow warbler
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