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Posts Tagged ‘black-throated blue warbler’
Friday, June 13th, 2014
 Chestnut-sided Warbler. Friday the Thirteenth is no big deal. All it did was make sure I had a prime number of birds on my Beech Hill list today. (Yeah, I pay attention to that shit.) Plus, how nice that it wasn’t raining like crazy when Jack and I embarked early on our first annual spring bird survey of Beech Hill Preserve,
 American Redstart. One hundred fifty-eight individual birds representing thirty-seven species—that’s what I ended up with. It was gray, dim, chilly (about 55 degrees (F)), and the wind was blowing steadily from the north-northeast. Not great conditions for photos, but I did manage one of the gazillions of (OK, twenty-four) Chestnut-sided Warblers we encountered up there. (By far the most abundantly noticeable species.) Also readily apparent were: Red-eyed Vireos (fifteen), Ovenbirds (nine), Common Yellowthroats (eight), American Redstarts (eight), and Eastern Towhees (twelve).
Notably absent were: Northern Cardinal, Pileated Woodpecker, and Common Raven, each fairly regularly seen and/or heard by me up there. Also Hairy Woodpecker. Trouble is, by this time a lot of the species have gone pretty quiet, what with hatchlings and the serious nest-tending they require.
I also got to thinking how I haven’t yet found a Black-billed Cuckoo at the hill. The several tent caterpillar colonies I’ve seen up there seem to be doing fine without ’em.
Later in the day it began to drizzle some, and tonight it rained like friggin’ crazy. I still hear it coming down out there, in fact.
Full Friday the Thirteenth moon.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:30 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Chestnut-sided Warbler**
2. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
3. Red-eyed Vireo**
4. Ovenbird (v)
5. Eastern Towhee
6. American Redstart**
7. Veery (v)
8. American Robin**
9. Common Yellowthroat**
10. American Goldfinch
11. American Crow*
12. Mourning Dove*
13. Hermit Thrush (v)
14. Northern Flicker
15. Yellow Warbler** (v)
16. Blue Jay (v)
17. Black-and-white Warbler (v)
18. Field Sparrow (v)
19. Song Sparrow**
20. Alder Flycatcher (v)
21. Gray Catbird**
22. Eastern Bluebird (v)
23. Herring Gull* (v)
24. Savannah Sparrow (v)
25. Black-capped Chickadee
26. House Finch (v)
27. Cedar Waxwing
28. Chipping Sparrow
29. Downy Woodpecker (v)
30. Eastern Phoebe
31. Brown-headed Cowbird (v)
32. Tufted Titmouse (v)
33. Buteo sp. (likely a Broad-winged Hawk)
34. Brown Thrasher
35. Black-throated Blue Warbler (v)
36. Eastern Wood-pewee (v)
37. Nashville Warbler (v)
Elsewhere
38. House Sparrow (v)
39. 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 thrasher, brown-headed cowbird, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, downy woodpecker, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, field sparrow, gray catbird, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, house sparrow, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern flicker, osprey, ovenbird, red-eyed vireo, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, veery, yellow warbler
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Monday, June 9th, 2014
 Song Sparrow. Today was the third straight warm, sun-soaked, sweat-streaked day in a row. When these have been as rare as they have this spring, you tend to try to cram as much outdoor stuff as you can into a day. Today, I: 1) hiked all over Beech Hill with Jack; 2) rode fourteen miles on my bicycle; mowed the lawn. I’m kind of tuckered as I write this.
 Birch. Moreover, since I picked arguably the worst possible time of day to hike the hill—the heat of midday—I don’t have much to show for our time there today. No great photos, no outlandish bird stories. No Brown Thrasher sightings at the summit, in fact, which left me mildly melancholy. Maybe tomorrow.
Although tomorrow the weather is supposed to change to cooler and wetter. But that’s all right. I love this night. And I shall sleep well in it.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 1:15 p.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Red-eyed Vireo** (v)
2. American Redstart**
3. Eastern Towhee
4. Chestnut-sided Warbler**
5. Eastern Phoebe**
6. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
7. Black-and-white Warbler (v)
8. Alder Flycatcher
9. Song Sparrow**
10. American Goldfinch (v)
11. Yellow Warbler** (v)
12. Common Yellowthroat (v)
13. American Crow*
14. Field Sparrow (v)
15. Blue Jay* (v)
16. Ovenbird
17. Hermit Thrush
18. Black-throated Blue Warbler (v)
19. Veery (v)
20. Black-capped Chickadee** (v)
21. Black-throated Green Warbler** (v)
22. Nashville Warbler (v)
23. Turkey Vulture
24. Gray Catbird**
25. Herring Gull*
26. Broad-winged Hawk
27. Cedar Waxwing** (v)
Elsewhere
28. House Finch (v)
29. House Sparrow
30. Chipping Sparrow (v)
31. Northern Cardinal (v)
32. Double-crested Cormorant
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated blue warbler, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, broad-winged hawk, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, double-crested cormorant, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, field sparrow, gray catbird, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, house sparrow, Nashville warbler, northern cardinal, ovenbird, pileated woodpecker, red-eyed vireo, song sparrow, turkey vulture, veery, yellow warbler
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2014
 Gray Catbird. Yet another rainy and/or foggy morning. I’ve never seen a May like this. Hard to take photos when you have no light to speak of. Damn chilly, too.
 Oak grove. On the other hand, I did list twenty-eight species—thanks to my still-fairly-sensitive ears—and got some moody photos of the foggy bottomlands.
I expect more rain in the morning.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 6:15 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Ovenbird
2. Chestnut-sided Warbler
3. Red-eyed Vireo
4. American Robin**
5. Scarlet Tanager (v)
6. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
7. American Crow*
8. Veery (v)
9. Eastern Towhee
10. Gray Catbird**
11. Tufted Titmouse (v)
12. American Redstart** (v)
13. Mourning Dove* (v)
14. Black-and-white Warbler (v)
15. American Goldfinch
16. Yellow Warbler**
17. Alder Flycatcher (v)
18. Ruby-throated Hummingbird (humming)
19. Nashville Warbler (v)
20. Common Yellowthroat**
21. Field Sparrow
22. Song Sparrow**
23. Eastern Wood-pewee (v)
24. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
25. Blue Jay (v)
26. Hermit Thrush (v)
27. Black-throated Blue Warbler (v)
28. Blackburnian Warbler (v)
Elsewhere
29. House Sparrow (v)
30. Herring Gull
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-throated blue warbler, black-throated green warbler, blackburnian warbler, blue jay, chestnut-sided warbler, common yellowthroat, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, field sparrow, gray catbirdt, hermit thrush, herring gull, house sparrow, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, ovenbird, pileated woodpecker, red-eyed vireo, ruby-throated hummingbird, scarlet tanager, song sparrow, ufted titmouse, veery, yellow warbler
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