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Posts Tagged ‘red-eyed vireo’
Thursday, June 18th, 2015
 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. A day much like yesterday, except cooler, windier, and without the bird talk. Similar species at Beech Hill, except a Red-tailed Hawk instead of a Broad-winged Hawk—and the wind made it harder to hear those distant voices.
 Blueberry barrens. Both sapsuckers still at it. Veery still singing. Oh, and I believe the summit phoebe chicks have fledged and flown.
I hear Killdeer are feigning broken wings all over the slopes of the Snow Bowl.
It is, after all, that time of year.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 5:15 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Eastern Towhee (v)
2. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
3. American Goldfinch** (v)
4. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
5. American Crow*
6. Song Sparrow**
7. Chestnut-sided Warbler (v)
8. Red-eyed Vireo** (v)
9. Yellow Warbler** (v)
10. Red-tailed Hawk
11. Savannah Sparrow
12. Herring Gull*
13. Gray Catbird** (v)
14. American Redstart (v)
15. Chipping Sparrow (v)
16. Veery (v)
17. Mourning Dove* (v)
18. Eastern Phoebe**
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, black-capped chickadee, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, gray catbird, herring gull, mourning dove, red-eyed vireo, red-tailed hawk, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, veery, yellow warbler, yellow-bellied sapsucker
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Wednesday, June 17th, 2015
 Eastern Phoebe nestings. Glorious day. Gave my Birds of Beech Hill presentation this morning to rave reviews (when I think of myself as a complete impostor—albeit an enthusiastic one). Worked a bunch. Finally got out in it late this afternoon.
 Eastern Phoebe with dragonfly. In going over a calendar year’s worth of bird photos, I got a renewed taste of what happens here on the 44th parallel, bird-wise, at which times of year. And June is the time of year for nestlings. You see the little birds with bugs in their bills—including a phoebe down near the parking lot with a large dragonfly. You see the hawks with prey winging their way back to wherever the nest is (like the broad-wing I saw today with what looked like a small passerine in its talons). You see the sapsuckers frantically flying to and fro, to and fro.
Come July, there will be fledglings. And come August, young migrants will be nearly ready to fly.
It all happens according to a schedule. So efficient. So fast.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 5:15 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Eastern Phoebe**
2. Ovenbird (v)
3. American Goldfinch
4. Chestnut-sided Warbler** (v)
5. Eastern Towhee
6. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
7. American Robin (v)
8. Mourning Dove (v)
9. Common Raven (v)
10. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
11. Black-and-White Warbler
12. American Redstart (v)
13. Song Sparrow**
14. Veery (v)
15. Red-eyed Vireo** (v)
16. Yellow Warbler** (v)
17. Savannah Sparrow
18. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v)
19. Alder Flycatcher (v)
20. Purple Finch (v)
21. Common Yellowthroat
22. Broad-winged Hawk
23. White-breasted Nuthatch
24. Chipping Sparrow (v)
Elsewhere
25. American Crow
26. Northern Cardinal (v)
27. Herring Gull
28. House Sparrow
29. Wild Turkey
30. Cedar Waxwing (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, broad-winged hawk, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common raven, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, herring gull, house sparrow, mourning dove, northern cardinal, ommon yellowthroat, ovenbird, purple finchc, red-eyed vireo, rose-breasted grosbeak, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, wild turkey, yellow warbler, yellow-bellied sapsucker
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Tuesday, June 16th, 2015
 Eastern Phoebe. I’m presenting my Birds of Beech Hill slide show at Quarry Hill tomorrow morning, so I spent most of today updating photos and such. (There’s links to videos in there, too.) And that meant Jack and I didn’t get out of here until well after 5 p.m.—just about the time another wave of rain came through.
But you know what? When you’re alone on a green, green hill, and light rain is falling, and the fields and woods are fragrant, and when you walk under the low branches of trees the shade is dim and moody and reminiscent of the timeless natural places of fairy tales—when you do all that, there’s no better place, nor sweeter place, nor more perfectly naturally lovely place to be.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 5:45 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Eastern Towhee (v)
2. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
3. Chestnut-sided Warbler (v)
4. Song Sparrow**
5. Mourning Dove (v)
6. Yellow Warbler
7. Common Yellowthroat
8. Savannah Sparrow
9. American Crow* (v)
10. Red-eyed Vireo (v)
11. Eastern Phoebe**
12. Alder Flycatcher (v)
13. American Goldfinch
14. American Robin (v)
15. American Redstart (v)
16. Veery (v)
17. Gray Catbird (v)
18. Chipping Sparrow* (v)
Elsewhere
19. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
20. Herring Gull
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, gray catbird, herring gull, mourning dove, red-eyed vireo, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow warbler, yellow-bellied sapsucker
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