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Posts Tagged ‘ruffed grouse’
Thursday, May 15th, 2014
 Magnolia Warbler. Up early. Overcast again but not as cool as yesterday, nor as windy. Quite a few bird voices at Beech Hill, but few outright sightings at first—too dim again for very photos. Lots of warbler on the list, though, as you might expect for mid-May—ten, in fact. It was a quick hike. Flushed a partridge, heard two Rose-breasted Grosbeaks.
 White-breasted Nuthatch. Did some errands, then drove to a Coastal Mountains Land Trust volunteers get-together in Camden. The sky remained clear, but the temp had dipped with the end of the day. En route, I watched a Peregrine Falcon sail off out into Rockport Harbor.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 6 a.m., I hiked all trails (then, at 2 p.m, I hiked the open trail).
1. Tufted Titmouse (v)
2. Ovenbird**
3. Common Yellowthroat**
4. Chestnut-sided Warbler**
5. Blue-headed Vireo** (v)
6. Black-throated Green Warbler**
7. Black-and-white Warbler**
8. Eastern Towhee**
9. Veery (v)
10. American Robin*
11. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v)
12. Gray Catbird**
13. American Goldfinch*
14. American Redstart**
15. Black-capped Chickadee
16. Ruffed Grouse (flushed)
17. Hairy Woodpecker
18. American Crow*
19. Mourning Dove* (v)
20. Nashville Warbler** (v)
21. Brown-headed Cowbird
22. Song Sparrow**
23. Blue Jay** (v)
24. Eastern Phoebe
25. Savannah Sparrow
26. Wood Thrush (v)
27. Yellow Warbler**
28. White-throated Sparrow (v)
29. Magnolia Warbler†
30. Least Flycatcher
31. Northern Cardinal (v)
32. House Finch** (v)
33. Yellow-rumped Warbler
34. Hermit Thrush (v)
Elsewhere
35. House Sparrow
36. Herring Gull
37. White-breasted Nuthatch
38. Laughing Gull (v)
39. Double-crested Cormorant
40. Rock Pigeon
41. European Starling
42. Peregrine Falcon
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, blue-headed vireo, brown-headed cowbird, chestnut-sided warbler, common yellowthroat, double-crested cormorant, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, European starling, gray catbird, hairy woodpecker, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, house sparrow, laughing gull, least flycatcher, magnolia warbler, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern cardinal, ovenbird, peregrine falcon, rock pigeon, rose-breasted grosbeak, ruffed grouse, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, white-throated sparrow, wood thrush, yellow warbler, yellow-rumped warbler
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Sunday, May 11th, 2014
 Least Flycatcher. Up really early. Not as chilly as recent days. Mostly cloudy but with a little sun poking through. Lots of birds.
 White-throated Sparrow. Mallard on the roadside pulling in. Singing vireo, warblers, thrushes, tits. Also heard sweet distinctive phrasing of a Brown Creeper. Soon heard the drumming of a partridge and flushed a woodcock. Then I got a glimpse of a (silent) Black-throated Blue Warbler—first of the year.
By the time we reached the summit, I had listed thirty species, including a cooperative Least Flycatcher that posed for photos.
More down the open trail. Lots of White-throated Sparrows. Many sparrow species, in fact. At least a couple pairs of cowbirds. A solitary harrier. Spotted a Downy Woodpecker, heard a red-belly. Most species on the hill this year so far.
Also the most in a single day generally, including—while cycling twenty miles in what turned out to be a gorgeous sun-drenched day, the first 70-degree (F) day of the year—goose, blackbird, and first-of-year Laughing Gulls in Camden (where I stopped by the friendly new Owl and Turtle book store and cafe).
Rose early, did a lot, and have stayed up kind of late. I’d call this one a pretty big day.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 6 a.m, I hiked all trails.
1. Mallard*
2. Blue-headed Vireo (v)
3. Ovenbird**
4. Black-and-white Warbler**
5. Black-throated Green Warbler** (v)
6. American Robin*
7. Tufted Titmouse** (v)
8. American Goldfinch**
9. Brown Creeper (v)
10. American Crow*
11. Common Yellowthroat**
12. Veery
13. Black-capped Chickadee**
14. Eastern Towhee
15. Mourning Dove*
16. White-throated Sparrow**
17. Chestnut-sided warbler**
18. Northern Flicker (v)
19. Ruffed Grouse (booming)
20. Nashville Warbler**
21. American Woodcock
22. Black-throated Blue Warbler†
23. Brown-headed Cowbird**
24. Wood Thrush† (v)
25. Yellow-rumped Warbler
26. Tree Swallow
27. Least Flycatcher
28. Gray Catbird (v)
29. Blue Jay**
30. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
31. Song Sparrow**
32. Northern Cardinal** (v)
33. Savannah Sparrow
34. Downy Woodpecker
35. Chipping Sparrow** (v)
36. Hermit Thrush (v)
37. Eastern Phoebe
38. Northern Harrier
39. Field Sparrow
40. House Finch** (v)
41. Herring Gull*
42. Red-bellied Woodpecker (v)
Elsewhere
43. House Sparrow (v)
44. Wild Turkey
45. Osprey
46. Double-crested Cormorant
47. Rock Pigeon
48. European Starling
49. Laughing Gull† (v)
50. Canada Goose
51. Red-winged Blackbird (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, American woodcock, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated blue warbler, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, blue-headed vireo, brown creeper, brown-headed cowbird, Canada goose, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, double-crested cormorant, downy woodpecker, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, European starling, field sparrow, gray catbird, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, house sparrow, laughing gull, least flycatcher, mallard, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern cardinal, northern flicker, northern harrier, osprey, ovenbird, red-bellied woodpecker, red-winged blackbird, rock pigeon, ruby-crowned kinglet, ruffed grouse, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tree swallow, tufted titmouse, veery, white-throated sparrow, wild turkey, wood thrush, yellow-rumped warbler
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2014
 White-throated Sparrow. Up early. An overcast above, a sliver of yellow-orange in the eastern sky above the bay. The Beech Hill woods seemed quiet at first as Jack and I started up the trail—a few subtle calls and notes, and then the distant song of a Hermit Thrush.
 Blue-headed Vireo. Coming over the little stream, I heard a song I hadn’t heard since last year: the clipped phrases of a Blue-Headed Vireo. Stood for a good while looking for it (a Mallard flew over) and finally spotted the little vireo perched on a high twig, preening.
Other subtle signs. Booming grouse. Burbling cowbird.The tseet! of a White-throated Sparrow. At the open fields, as I focused my binocs on a small distant bird perched high in a still-leafless tree, I saw another bird rise, and the first took off, and realized the second was a kestrel.
Coming down the main trail, Jack and I flushed a turkey. I wonder if it truly is nesting that close to such a busy passage.
Yellow-rumped Warbler, Palm Warbler—and the song of a first-of-year Black-and-White Warbler. A pair of Tree Swallows circling Beech Nut. A pair of Great Blue Herons flapping slowly overhead.
Back where we began, I heard an Osprey’s cries, persistent, as if it was perched nearby. Then, from another direction, I heard the whistle of a Broad-Winged Hawk.
 American Kestrel. Subtle signs mostly. Nothing too overt or obvious. Every spring is different. And so, this year, it begins.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 6:45 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Black-capped Chickadee*
2. Hermit Thrush
3. American Robin**
4. Eastern Phoebe
5. American Goldfinch**
6. Downy Woodpecker
7. Tufted Titmouse (v)
8. Yellow-rumped Warbler
9. Blue-headed Vireo†
10. Eastern Towhee
11. Mallard
12. Mourning Dove*
13. Ruffed Grouse (booming)
14. Northern Flicker (v)
15. Brown-headed Cowbird
16. American Crow*
17. White-throated Sparrow
18. Palm Warbler
19. Herring Gull*
20. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (v)
21. American Kestrel
22. Song Sparrow**
23. Field Sparrow (v)
24. Savannah Sparrow (v)
25. Wild Turkey
26. Chipping Sparrow**
27. Blue Jay (v)
28. House Finch** (v)
29. Black-and-white Warbler† (v)
30. Great Blue Heron
31. Tree Swallow
32. White-breasted Nuthatch* (v)
33. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
34. Osprey (v)
35. Broad-winged Hawk (v)
Elsewhere
36. House Sparrow (v)
37. Rock Pigeon
38. Double-crested Cormorant
39. European Starling
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American kestrel, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, blue-headed vireo, broad-winged hawk, brown-headed cowbird, chipping sparrow, double-crested cormorant, downy woodpecker, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, European starling, field sparrow, great blue heron, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, house sparrow, mallard, mourning dove, northern flicker, osprey, palm warbler, pileated woodpecker, rock pigeon, ruby-crowned kinglet, ruffed grouse, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tree swallow, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch, white-throated sparrow, wild turkey, yellow-rumped warbler
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