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Posts Tagged ‘common goldeneye’
Sunday, December 17th, 2017
 Intrepid bird counters.  Purple Sandpiper.  Purple Sandpiper.  Sharp-shinned Hawk.  Pileated Woodpecker. Beech Hill List
Beginning at 1:45 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Black-capped Chickadee*
2. American Crow*
3. White-breasted Nuthatch** (v)
4. Pileated Woodpecker
Elsewhere (all on Christmas Bird Count list)
5. Canada Goose
6. American Black Duck
7. Mallard
8. Common Eider
9. Long-tailed Duck
10. Common Goldeneye
11. Bufflehead
12. Hooded Merganser
13. Common Merganser
14. Red-breasted Merganser
15. American Wigeon
16. Ring-necked Duck
17. Common Loon
18. Red-necked Grebe
19. Horned Grebe
20. Pied-billed Grebe
21. Bald Eagle
22. Northern Harrier
23. Sharp-shinned Hawk
24. American Coot
25. Purple Sandpiper
26. Bonaparte’s Gull
27. Ring-billed Gull
28. Herring Gull
29. Great Black-backed Gull
30. Black Guillemot
31. Downy Woodpecker
32. Blue Jay
33. Golden-crowned Kinglet
34. European Starling
35. Northern Cardinal
36. House Sparrow
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American black duck, American coot, American crow, American wigeon, bald eagle, black guilletmot, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, Bonaparte's gull, bufflehead, Canada goose, common eider, common goldeneye, common loon, common merganser, downy woodpecker, European starling, golden-crowned kinglet, great black-backed gull, herring gull, hooded merganser, horned grebe, house sparrow, long-tailed duck, mallard, northern cardinal, northern harrier, pied-billed grebe, pileated woodpecker, purple sandpiper, red-breasted merganser, red-necked grebe, ring-billed gull, ring-necked duck, sharp-shinned hawk, white-breasted nuthatch
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Saturday, December 31st, 2016
(Some photos from today’s Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count.)
 Purple Sandpiper.  Common Eider (female).  American Goldfinch.  Red-breasted Merganser (with an itch).  American Tree Sparrow.  Red-tailed Hawk. Beech Hill List
Beginning at 1 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. American Robin*
2. Black-capped Chickadee*
3. White-breasted Nuthatch*
4. American Goldfinch* (v)
5. American Crow* (v)
6. Downy Woodpecker
7. Tufted Titmouse** (v)
8. Blue Jay
Elsewhere
9. Canada Goose
10. American Black Duck
11. Mallard
12. Common Eider
13. Long-tailed Duck
14. Bufflehead
15. Common Goldeneye
16. Red-breasted Merganser
17. Common Loon
18. Horned Grebe
19. Great Cormorant
20. Northern Harrier
21. Red-tailed Hawk
22. Purple Sandpiper
23. Ring-billed Gull
24. Herring Gull
25. Great Black-backed Gull
26. Black Guillemot
27. Mourning Dove
28. American Tree Sparrow
29. Song Sparrow
30. House Finch
31. American Goldfinch
32. House Sparrow
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American black duck, American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, American tree sparrow, black guillemot, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, bufflehead, Canada goose, common eider, common goldeneye, common loon, downy woodpecker, great black-backed gull, great cormorant, herring gull, horned grebe, house finch, house sparrow, long-tailed duck, mallard, mourning dove, northern harrier, purple sandpiper, red-breasted merganser, red-tailed hawk, ring-billed gull, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch
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Monday, January 11th, 2016
 Birch. The stream out back was flowing swiftly when I took Jack out first thing. Breezy still after last night’s big blow, and most all the snow was gone. Didn’t dip down below freezing until tonight sometime.
 Oak, and Monhegan. Beech Hill this mid-afternoon was a chilly place—a good west wind sluicing down my neck and numbing fingertips. Saw a few birds, got a few nice views. But today was most notable for a subtle detail: the little broken branch that’d been clinging to my favorite little trail-side birch tree for more than two years lost its grip last night. Got to confess, that was huge.
It’s funny, in fact, how in the wake of the ice storm that took the branch in December 2013, I lamented it as a blemish on what was once such a symmetrical tree, as did others who saw my photos of the birch (a few of whom offered to prune it down). I knew Nature would take care of it soon or later, though—and over time I not only grew accustomed to it but gained an appreciation of it as a sort of beauty mark. And today, there it was lying on the ground.
 Runoff. A poignant record of the passage of time.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 2:30 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. American Crow*
2. Herring Gull
3. Black-capped Chickadee**
4. Northern Flicker (v)
Elsewhere
5. American Goldfinch (v)
6. Common Goldeneye
7. Mallard
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, black-capped chickadee, common goldeneye, herring gull, mallard, northern flicker
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