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Posts Tagged ‘common yellowthraot’
Tuesday, June 10th, 2014
 Song Sparrow. A break in the pattern of warmth and humidity. A cool, overcast sort of day. None of the forecast rain showed up, although it threatened—to my eyes, at least. I know this from cycling eighteen or twenty miles around the county in afternoon, from post office to polling place to town clerk’s counter to renew my vehicle registration. Also ran an errand in Camden. No rain, though—just a stout northwest wind.
 I. versicolor. The wind cooled my late-afternoon hike with dog, but it was still warm enough for a t-shirt. Lousy conditions for birding, is all, especially at that time of day. I ended up with a measly fourteen species (farm road only) and missed photographing three or four teed-up birds that decided to split just as I was ready to release the shutter. The new-blooming wild iris posed cooperatively, at least. And the air smelled good. And the tall grass was rippling in the wind.
Tonight the moon is bright and nearly full. The air is cool. Good sleeping weather.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 4:45 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Red-eyed Vireo** (v)
2. American Redstart** (v)
3. Chestnut-sided Warbler** (v)
4. American Robin*
5. American Goldfinch** (v)
6. Yellow Warbler** (v)
7. Song Sparrow**
8. Eastern Towhee
9. Common Yellowthroat**
10. Herring Gull*
11. Gray Catbird* (v)
12. American Crow*
13. Alder Flycatcher (v)
14. Ovenbird (v)
Elsewhere
15. House Sparrow (v)
16. Osprey (v)
17. Chipping Sparrow (v)
18. European Starling
19. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
20. Northern Parula (v)
21. Tufted Titmouse (v)
22. Northern Cardinal (v)
23. Common Grackle
24. Mallard
25. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common grackle, common yellowthraot, eastern towhee, European starling, gray catbird, herring gull, house sparrow, mallard, northern cardinal, northern parula, osprey, ovenbird, red-eyed vireo, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, yellow warbler
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Saturday, August 24th, 2013
 Black-capped chickadee. Lots of sails visible from the summit of Beech Hill this late afternoon. A warm day, a sunny day, a day without much wind, a day with anxious birds. Summer is growing long-in-the-tooth, and sailors are taking advantage of lovely days like this. As our weekend Beech Hill hikers. And the parents of swiftly growing juvenile offspring.
 Cedar waxwing. I’m talking about the birds, of course. Spotted a family of chestnut-sided warblers, a family of chickadees—including one that was so curious about Jack that it kept coming too close to focus on—and heard a family of yellowthroats. Sparrows out, crows and goldfinches. A catbird. Also an actual cat, one that laid so still I’m not sure Jack noticed it. Seemed unafraid of my dog. (Rightfully so.)
Not sure what else to say about today. A lovely one. Didn’t ride my bike. Worked a lot. Took photos of a few birds.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 4 p.m. I hiked the open trail.
1. Gray catbird
2. American crow*
3. American goldfinch
4. Cedar waxwing
5. Black-capped chickadee
6. Chestnut-sided warbler
7. Common yellowthroat
8. Eastern towhee (v)
9. Song sparrow
Elsewhere
10. Herring gull
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
 The bay today.
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, black-capped chickadee, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, common yellowthraot, eastern towhee, gray catbird, herring gull, song sparrow
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Friday, July 12th, 2013
 Eastern bluebird (juvenile). The first cloudless day in I don’t know how long. Coolish, too. Lovely.
 Song sparrow (juvenile). Work, work, work, then play. First I rode my bike around (ahh), then I grabbed Jack and hiked all over Beech Hill. We started on the wooded side, passed a bunch of woodpeckers—a pair of downies chasing, a pair of hairies chasing—the thrushes, warblers, a cuckoo, waxwings, sparrows with youngsters. At the summit, we met a fellow hiker and her dog and chatted a while. Saw a phoebe, a pair of house finches, and (astonishingly) a solitary, light-colored rock pigeon that flew low above the blueberry fields then turned and sailed directly over Beech Nut.
Coming down the open trail, we passed about a half dozen bluebirds, most of them kiddos. A singing chipping sparrow down by Beech Hill Road.
Coming back up and over, I heard (then saw) my first crow. And the last species on today’s list: another woodpecker, a pileated, hollering from down in the trees.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 4:15 p.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Red-eyed vireo**
2. Ovenbird
3. Black-throated green warbler (v)
4. Chestnut-sided warbler**
5. Hermit thrush (v)
6. Gray catbird**
7. American goldfinch**
8. Downy woodpecker
9. Eastern wood-pewee (v)
10. Hairy woodpecker
11. Northern flicker (v)
12. Eastern towhee
13. American robin**
14. Common yellowthroat**
15. Veery**
16. Alder flycatcher
17. Cedar waxwing**
18. Black-billed cuckoo (v)
19. Black-capped chickadee (v)
20. Yellow warbler** (v)
21. Field sparrow (v)
22. Savannah sparrow
23. House finch**
24. Rock pigeon
25. Eastern phoebe**
26. Song sparrow**
27. Eastern bluebird
28. Chipping sparrow** (v)
29. American crow*
30. Pileated woodpecker (v)
Elsewhere
31. Herring gull
32. Mourning dove
33. Tufted titmouse (v)
34. Northern cardinal (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
 Blaze.
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-billed cuckoo, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthraot, downy woodpecker, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, field sparrow, gray catbird, hairy woodpecker, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, ovenbird, pileated woodpecker, red-eyed vireo, rock pigeon, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, veery, yellow warbler
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