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Posts Tagged ‘yellow-bellied sapsucker’
Thursday, July 17th, 2014
 Monarch on milkweed, Beech Hill Preserve. I saw a monarch butterfly today. It’s the first monarch I’ve seen in two years. It was sipping on a milkweed blossom at the summit of Beech Hill. I was surprised at how thrilled I was to see it. Monarch’s are in trouble, of course, from weed-killing chemicals that have diminished the prevalence of milkweed in North America. Sucks. Monarch’s are such amazing creatures.
I also came upon a male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker drilling the trunk of a tree in that neat, clean, geometric sapsucker pattern. Got a little video.
Also worked, took a break at midday to attend a special E. B. White day at Owl and Turtle Books in Camden, rode fourteen miles on my bicicle, and played with my dog.
Tomorrow should be a good day also. That’s my educated guess, at least.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 4:45 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. American Goldfinch (v)
2. American Robin**
3. Eastern Towhee
4. Gray Catbird*
5. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
6. Cedar Waxwing**
7. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
8. Downy Woodpecker (v)
9. Black-capped Chickadee
10. Chestnut-sided Warbler (v)
11. American Redstart
12. Common Yellowthroat (v)
13. Song Sparrow**
14. Yellow Warbler**
15. Red-eyed Vireo** (v)
16. Field Sparrow (v)
17. Savannah Sparrow
18. Herring Gull*
19. Ovenbird (v)
20. Northern Flicker (v)
21. Common Raven (v)
Elsewhere
22. American Crow
23. Laughing Gull
24. Rock Pigeon
25. Red-winged Blackbird
26. Osprey (v)
27. Mourning Dove
28. Northern Cardinal (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-capped chickadee, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, common raven, common yellowthroat, downy woodpecker, eastern towhee, field sparrow, gray catbird, herring gull, laughing gull, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, osprey, ovenbird, red-eyed vireo, red-winged blackbird, rock pigeon, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow warbler, yellow-bellied sapsucker
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2014
 Barn Swallows (juveniles). A warm, windy afternoon at Beech Hill today, with a few nests of young swallows in the air. Barn Swallows, to be exact—at least a dozen of them, I’d guess, flitting around with the grown-ups. I tried (I always try) to grab some decent photos of ’em on the wing, but it’s impossible in my experience. However, a little gang of youngsters perched on a low branch for a while, which gave me something anyway.
 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (female), Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 08 July 2014.. The female sapsucker was out again today. Got a dim photo of her. Singing robins and sparrows and jays and finches and crows and yellowthroats and (subtly) bluebirds. Doves poking about in the gravel of the trail. Saw my first phoebe in a while.
Met some friends and acquaintances, too—both Jack’s and mine. Ate a couple ripe blueberries.
All and all, a sweet end to an up and down sort of day.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 5 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Red-eyed Vireo
2. American Redstart
3. Song Sparrow
4. Black-capped Chickadee
5. Cedar Waxwing
6. Mourning Dove
7. Eastern Towhee
8. American Goldfinch
9. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
10. Eastern Phoebe
11. American Robin
12. Barn Swallow
13. American Crow
14. Common Yellowthroat
15. Yellow Warbler
16. Blue Jay
17. Northern Flicker
18. Common Raven
19. Herring Gull
20. Savannah Sparrow
21. Gray Catbird
22. Purple Finch
23. Eastern Bluebird
Elsewhere
24. House Sparrow
25. Chipping Sparrow
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, barn swallow, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, Cedar waxwing, chipping sparrow, common raven, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, gray catbird, herring gull, house sparrow, mourning dove, northern flicker, purple finch, red-eyed vireo, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, yellow warbler, yellow-bellied sapsucker
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Monday, July 7th, 2014
 Gray Catbird. Heard my first Black-Billed Cuckoo at Beech Hill this afternoon. It was quite near, in the thicket close to the parking lot. As I was sneaking up on it with Jack it stopped singing suddenly—no doubt spooked by a hiker coming around a turn up ahead.
Other interesting species included my first hummingbird in a while, a crow harassing some kind of light-colored hawk in the distant sky, a silent Black-throated Green Warbler, and the female sapsucker sipping at its trailside tree trunk again. None of the birds gave me much of a photo op—except a catbird.
So here’s a photo of a catbird.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 4:45 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Red-eyed Vireo** (v)
2. American Redstart**
4. Gray Catbird**
5. American Robin**
6. House Finch**
7. Blue Jay (v)
8. Black-billed Cuckoo (v)
9. Cedar Waxwing
10. Song Sparrow**
11. Black-capped Chickadee
12. Northern Flicker (v)
13. Common Yellowthroat** (v)
14. Mourning Dove
15. Common Raven
16. American Crow*
17. Herring Gull*
18. Yellow Warbler** (v)
19. White-breasted Nuthatch
20. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
21. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
22. Black-throated Green Warbler
Elsewhere
23. Rock Pigeon
24. Northern Cardinal
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird
Tags: American crow, American redstart, American robin, black-billed cuckoo, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, Cedar waxwing, chipping sparrow, common raven, common yellowthroat, gray catbird, herring gull, house finch, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, red-eyed vireo, rock pigeon, ruby-throated hummingbird, song sparrow, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow warbler, yellow-bellied sapsucker
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