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Posts Tagged ‘song sparrow’
Sunday, June 10th, 2018
 Eastern Towhee (female). A lovely, sunny, cool, cloudless morning. Jack and I had the hill to ourselves—other than the birds, I mean. And birds there were. A lot of them.
 Eastern Towhee (male). Mostly I heard them singing or calling, near and/or far. I missed Savannah Sparrow—have missed these familiar little guys this season, what with less shrubbery in the upper fields for them to hang out in. I think there’s only one nesting family this year for the first time in many.
No shortage of towhees, however. The commonest nesting species at Beech Hill, I do believe.
(Drink your tea, muthafucka!)
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:45 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Red-eyed Vireo (v)
2. Chestnut-sided Warbler (v)
3. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v)
4. Ovenbird (v)
5. Alder Flycatcher (v)
6. Song Sparrow
7. Black-and-white Warbler (v)
8. American Crow*
9. American Goldfinch
10. Eastern Bluebird
11. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
12. Cedar Waxwing
13. Yellow Warbler
14. Eastern Towhee
15. Tree Swallow
16. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
17. Chipping Sparrow
18. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
19. Herring Gull
20. Eastern Phoebe
21. Field Sparrow
22. Common Yellowthroat (v)
23. Northern Flicker
24. Red-breasted Nuthatch (v)
25. American Redstart (v)
26. Tufted Titmouse (v)
27. Northern Cardinal (v)
28. Common Raven
29. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
30. Veery (v)
Elsewhere
31. American Robin
32. Gray Catbird
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 green warbler, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common raven, common yellowthroat, eastern bluebird, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, field sparrow, herring gull, northern cardinal, northern flicker, ovenbird, pileated woodpecker, red-breasted nuthatch, red-eyed vireo, rose-breasted grosbeak, song sparrow, tree swallow, tufted titmouse, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow warbler
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Saturday, June 9th, 2018
 Alder Flycatcher. Today: singing grosbeaks, nesting Black-and-white Warbler, bluebirds and swallows on houses, yellowthroats lurking, other warblers flitting, clouds flying overhead, and a posing alder fly.
 Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:15 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Mourning Dove
2. Chestnut-sided Warbler** (v)
3. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
4. Ovenbird (v)
5. Red-eyed Vireo** (v)
6. Chipping Sparrow
7. Black-and-white Warbler
8. Alder Flycatcher
9. American Crow*
10. Eastern Phoebe*
11. Northern Cardinal (v)
12. Black-capped Chickadee**
13. American Goldfinch
14. Eastern Bluebird
15. Song Sparrow**
16. Tree Swallow
17. Yellow Warbler (v)
18. Common Yellowthroat**
19. Eastern Towhee*
20. Savannah Sparrow
21. Purple Finch
22. Turkey Vulture
23. Broad-winged Hawk
24. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
25. Tufted Titmouse (v)
Elsewhere
26. Osprey (v)
27. Herring Gull
28. House Sparrow (v)
29. Gray Catbird
30 American Robin
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, broad-winged hawk, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, eastern bluebird, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, gray catbird, herring gull, house sparrow, mourning dove, northern cardinal, osprey, ovenbird, purple finch, red-eyed vireo, rose-breasted grosbeak, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tree swallow, tufted titmouse, turkey vulture, yellow warbler
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Friday, June 8th, 2018
 Snowshoe Hare. Jack and I came upon a hare this morning. It didn’t dash away—rather stayed by the trailside nibbling on purple clover while I took about three minutes of video. Then it loped toward us a ways before slipping off into the thicket. That was a surprise.
 American Redstart. As was the pair of Mallards that flew swifly past us on our trip back down.
The morning was cool and overcast and just a teensy bit rainy, but by afternoon things had warmed, the sky had cleared, and I couldn’t resist taking dog up the hill again, but this time wearing sandals. (Me, not Jack.)
And then I mowed my lawn.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8 a.m.—and again at 2 p.m.—I hiked the open trail.
1. Chestnut-sided Warbler**
2. Red-eyed Vireo** (v)
3. Black-and-white Warbler (v)
4. Ovenbird (v)
5. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v)
6. American Redstart**
7. Black-capped Chickadee** (v)
8. Alder Flycatcher (v)
9. Eastern Towhee
10. Eastern Phoebe*
11. Song Sparrow**
12. Eastern Bluebird (v)
13. Northern Cardinal (v)
14. American Robin (v)
15. Tree Swallow
16. Yellow Warbler (v)
17. Gray Catbird** (v)
18. Common Yellowthroat (v)
19. American Crow*
20. Chipping Sparrow
21. Field Sparrow (v)
22. Purple Finch (v)
23. Mallard
24. Tufted Titmouse (v)
25. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
26. Cedar Waxwing (v)
Elsewhere
27. Mourning Dove
28. Rock Pigeon
29. Northern Flicker
30. Herring Gull
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American redstart, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, eastern bluebird, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, field sparrow, gray catbird, herring gull, mallard, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, ovenbird, purple finch, red-eyed vireo, rock pigeon, rose-breasted grosbeak, snowshoe hare, song sparrow, tree swallow, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow warbler
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