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Posts Tagged ‘common yellowthraot’
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013
 Black-and-white warbler. Busy ol’ rainy, drippy, foggy day. Rainiest year I can remember. But I had indoor work to attend to—including clearing out a datacenter cabinet I started using a decade ago. (Both a huge relief and mildly nostalgic.) Finally, Jack and I took a foggy ol’ hike up and down Beech Hill.
 Woodland fog. And by “foggy ol’ hike,” I mean just that. About as foggy as you can get. Occasionally a little breeze would pick up and the trees would begin to drip like rain. Mosquitos buzzin’. Birds flitting about secretively. Saw and/or heard quite a few, in fact—many, of course, concerned about their young ‘uns. At one point, a yellow warbler started yelling at us from a nearby tree, which lured a titmouse over, which lured a redstart over—and three birds were yelling at us. Another time, in the woods, I happened to spot a black-throated green warbler foraging low in the understory. Too dim for a photo, though, alas.
All in all, though, a lovely, foggy, soggy, muddy, damp, momentous day.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 4:30 p.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Red-eyed vireo** (v)
2. Ovenbird** (v)
3. Chestnut-sided warbler (v)
4. Black-throated green warbler
5. Veery
6. Black-capped chickadee (v)
7. Black-and-white warbler**
8. Eastern wood-pewee (v)
9. Cedar waxwing (v)
10. Tufted titmouse**
11. White-breasted nuthatch (v)
12. Hairy woodpecker
13. American robin*
14. Hermit thrush (v)
15. Scarlet tanager (v)
16. Eastern towhee
17. Gray catbird**
18. Common yellowthroat**
19. American goldfinch (v)
20. Song sparrow**
21. Savannah sparrow
22. Yellow warbler**
23. American crow*
24. Field sparrow (v)
25. American redstart**
26. Northern cardinal** (v)
27. Herring gull*
Elsewhere
28. European starling
29. Common grackle
30. Rock pigeon
31. Mourning dove
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, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, common grackle, common yellowthraot, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, European starling, field sparrow, gray catbird, hairy woodpecker, hermit thrush, herring gull, mourning dove, northern cardinal, ovenbird, red-eyed vireo, rock pigeon, savannah sparrow, scarlet tanager, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow warbler
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Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
 Rose-breasted grosbeak, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 18 June 2013. Got up early enough, but there were a few clouds, so I launched into desk work right away. Come afternoon, I dressed for cycling, and then it began to rain, so I changed back into my regular clothes. Didn’t make it to Beech Hill until the end of the day—and stuck to the open trail.
 Purple finch. But, man, weren’t the birds active! By the time we made the first turn and started up the slope, I’d already counted at least a dozen birds (including a very vocal great crested flycatcher in a tree across the road). The pair of purple finches I’ve seen recently in the spruce grove at the summit were there again. Singing, cavorting. We headed down toward the woods a ways until I got a listen to a hermit thrush.
Returning, I heard the song of a rose-breasted grosbeak and though how very far its voice carries—no matter that it’s a soft sort of subtle kind of warble. The air was still, and I’m sure you could hear it for more than a mile. Also the Savannah sparrows, with their insect-like trills: a sound that really cuts the air. Birds are of course attuned to the particular voices of their species, but it’s impressive—almost miraculous—how their songs and calls let them influence the world a good long distance away. Kind of like remote control.
We’re nearing the solstice, and the photoperiod is long, and this evening, after a shower blew over, one lovely leg a rainbow sprouted from the southern horizon. Not sure I’d ever seen a rainbow in that part of the sky before
 Roses. Beech Hill List
Beginning at 5 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Yellow warbler
2. Red-eyed vireo** (v)
3. Great crested flycatcher** (v)
4. Tufted titmouse (v)
5. Eastern towhee
6. American redstart
7. Purple finch
8. American crow*
9. American robin*
10. Ovenbird** (v)
11. Chestnut-sided warbler**
12. Common yellowthroat**
13. Veery (v)
14. Field sparrow
15. Northern cardinal** (v)
16. Alder flycatcher (v)
17. Rose-breasted grosbeak
18. Herring gull*
19. Song sparrow**
20. Gray catbird
21. Savannah sparrow
22. Black-and-white warbler (v)
23. Hermit thrush (v)
24. Black-capped chickadee** (v)
25. Northern flicker (v)
26. Blue jay (v)
Elsewhere
27. House finch (v)
28. Osprey (v)
29. Chimney swift
30 Common grackle
31. Mallard
32. Great black-backed 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, blue jay, chestnut-sided warbler, chimney swift, common grackle, common yellowthraot, eastern towhee, field sparrow, gray catbird, great black-backed gull, great crested flycatcher, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, mallard, northern cardinal, northern flicker, osprey, ovenbird, purple finch, red-eyed vireo, rose-breasted grosbeak, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, veery, yellow warbler
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Friday, June 14th, 2013
 Eastern wood-pewee.  Veery. An overcast morning, cool but dry. Headed directly to Beech Hill with Jack, where warblers and vireos and thrushes were singing, and mosquitos were humming, and blackberries were blooming like crazy.
I didn’t see a single bird until a vireo showed up in the first little poplar grove. Soon after, I spotted the veery that was scolding me, veer! veer! Lots of goldfinches at the summit, but no swallows. No cuckoo. No yellow-breasted chat anywhere. Plenty of sparrows, though.
Coming back up from the redstart neighborhood, I saw a flicker bounce low across the sky and then heard—suddenly—a loud call sort of like Hickok, Hickok! Cow! It was that Carolina wren I heard yesterday in the yard of the house across the road.
A small flock of waxwings flew by on our final ascent. On our final descent into the woods, wood-pewees were singing.
I love the little eastern wood-pewee, with its wistful, imploring song.
 Red-eyed vireo. Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:45 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Ovenbird**
2. Red-eyed vireo**
3. Black-throated green warbler** (v)
4. Chestnut-sided warbler**
5. Gray catbird**
6. American goldfinch
7. Veery
8. Tufted titmouse** (v)
9. Hermit thrush (v)
10. American crow*
11. Alder flycatcher
12. American redstart**
13. Black-and-white warbler** (v)
14. Yellow warbler**
15. Eastern towhee
16. Common yellowthroat**
17. Black-capped chickadee (v)
18. Mourning dove*
19. Field sparrow
20. Northern flicker
21. Eastern phoebe**
22. American robin*
23. Savannah sparrow
24. Song sparrow**
25. Northern cardinal** (v)
26. Carolina wren (v)
27. Cedar waxwing
28. Eastern wood-pewee
Elsewhere
29. House finch
30. Herring gull
31. House sparrow
32. European starling
33. Rock pigeon
34. Chipping sparrow
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, Carolina wren, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthraot, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, European starling, field sparrow, gray catbird, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, house sparrow, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, ovenbird, red-eyed vireo, rock pigeon, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, veery, yellow warbler
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