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Posts Tagged ‘rock pigeon’
Thursday, October 8th, 2015
 Yellow-rumped Warbler. A busy day much like the previous one, but without the lawn-mowing. Sunny and calm and cool. As Jack and I ascended the Beech Hill trail, we were surrounded by turning foliage—and yellow-rumps. But they were not the only species. Kinglet, towhee, flicker, and jay. And a raven at the end.
 October leaves. Chilly night. I’d better let Jack out to pee.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 4:15 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Black-capped Chickadee**
2. Yellow-rumped Warbler
3. Hairy Woodpecker (v)
4. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
5. Blue Jay** (v)
6. Song Sparrow**
7. American Crow*
8. Merlin
9. Eastern Towhee (v)
10. Gray Catbird
11. Northern Flicker (v)
12. Common Raven (v)
Elsewhere
13. Tufted Titmouse (v)
14. Herring Gull
15. Rock Pigeon
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, common raven, eastern towhee, gray catbird, hairy woodpecker, herring gull, merlin, northern flicker, rock pigeon, ruby-crowned kinglet, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, yellow-rumped warbler
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2015
 Turkey Vulture. Scrambling still—dump run, quick shop, probably the last mow of this lawn—but I swung by Beech Hill, as usual. Harrier, TV, corvids, little birds, ’rumps. Also a lovely patchy sky of blue and cloud. The first flames of fire in the foliage. Crows hollering in the distance.
 October barren. A warm bright day. And now a cool, dark night.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 4:15 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Black-capped Chickadee**
2. White-breasted Nuthatch
3. American Crow*
4. Yellow-rumped Warbler
5. Northern Harrier
6. Blue Jay
7. Northern Flicker
8. Turkey Vulture
Elsewhere
9. Herring Gull
10. Rock Pigeon
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, herring gull, northern flicker, northern harrier, rock pigeon, turkey vulture, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow-rumped warbler
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2015
 Yellow-rumped Warbler. We must be under a high-pressure system here on the 44th parallel, ’cause I should’ve worn shorts and sandals on my midday hike at Beech Hill with Jack today. Also, butterflies, dragonflies, grasshoppers, and other late-summer insects were flitting and fluttering all over the place. Plus, we came upon a sphinx caterpillar.
 Sphinx caterpillar. Another kind of pressure is on, meantime: I have to find a place to live in about three weeks. Looked at a couple of promising places today—very different, but both nice. Ch-ch-ch-changes.
We shall see.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 1:15 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. American Robin (v)
2. Black-capped Chickadee**
3. Yellow-rumped Warbler
4. American Goldfinch (v)
5. Eastern Towhee (v)
6. American Crow*
7. Ruby-throated Kinglet (v)
8. Blue Jay** (v)
Elsewhere
9. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
10. Herring Gull
11. Rock Pigeon
12. Eastern Phoebe
13. House Sparrow
14. Dark-eyed Junco
15. Wild turkey
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, dark-eyed junco, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, herring gull, house sparrow, rock pigeon, ruby throated kinglet, white-breasted nuthatch, wild turkey, yellow-rumped warbler
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