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Posts Tagged ‘brown thrasher’
Friday, May 20th, 2016
 Tree Swallow. These blue-sky mornings, hiking with
my loyal dog, surrounded by
mosquitoes and black flies, I spy
a few noteworthy birds of blue.
 Great Crested Flycatcher. Bluebirds, of course—though none today—
and tree swallows, whose backs display
a silky sheen in daylight. Too,
occasionally, sky-blue jays.
This morning, though, I heard a bird—
emit a loud sharp spitting sound—
and just before it flew away
ID’d an Indigo Bunting.
Alas, no decent pictures, tho.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:15 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. American Redstart**
2. Ovenbird
3. Blue-headed Vireo (v)
4. Chestnut-sided Warbler
5. Blue Jay* (v)
6. American Goldfinch*
7. American Crow*
8. Eastern Towhee
9. Veery
10. Black-capped Chickadee**
11. Ruffed Grouse (drumming)
12. Common Raven
13. Great Crested Flycatcher†
14. Tufted Titmouse**
15. Common Yellowthroat
16. Gray Catbird*
17. Northern Cardinal* (v)
18. Mourning Dove*
19. Yellow Warbler
20. Red-bellied Woodpecker
21. Hairy Woodpecker (v)
22. Nashville Warbler (v)
23. Black-and-white Warbler
24. Northern Parula (v)
25. Wild Turkey (v)
26. White-breasted Nuthatch* (v)
27. Scarlet Tanager (v)
28. American Robin*
29. Field Sparrow (v)
30. Song Sparrow**
31. Brown Thrasher
32. Tree Swallow
33. Purple Finch
34. Savannah Sparrow
35. Eastern Kingbird
36. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v)
37. Pileated Woodpecker* (v)
38. Indigo Bunting†
39. Black-billed Cuckoo†
40. Downy Woodpecker (v)
41. Black-throated Green Warbler** (v)
42. Osprey (v)
43. Red-eyed Vireo (v)
Elsewhere
44. Herring Gull
45. European Starling
46. Northern Flicker
47. Common Grackle
48. Rock Pigeon
49. Chimney Swift (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-billed cuckoo, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, blue-headed vireo, brown thrasher, chestnut-sided warbler, chimney swift, common grackle, common raven, common yellowthroat, downy woodpecker, eastern kingbird, eastern towhee, European starling, field sparrow, gray catbird, great crested flycatcher, hairy woodpecker, herring gull, indigo bunting, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern cardinal, northern flicker, northern parula, osprey, ovenbird, pileated woodpecker, purple finch, red-bellied woodpecker, red-eyed vireo, rock pigeon, rose-breasted grosbeak, ruffed grouse, savannah sparrow, scarlet tanager, song sparrow, tree swallow, tufted titmouse, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, wild turkey, yellow warbler
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Friday, April 22nd, 2016
 Palm Warbler. Sparrows appear as by magic,
as dog and I ascend the wooded hill
where tiny ferns,
somehow furled,
Ppush through old leaves unfurling.
 White-throated Sparrow. White-throats scratch in tangled brush,
Savannahs poke about in the barrens,
Chipping Sparrows,
just arrived,
chip bright notes of alarm,
Song Sparrows, old timers,
sing their chimes and trills.
They all sing,
all these sparrows—
towhees: “Drink your tea!”
Plenty other birds descend,
a first-of-year Brown Thrasher,
palm Warblers,
bluebirds, Tree Swallows,
but it is the sparrows’ morning.
 Savannah Sparrow. Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Eastern Phoebe*
2. American Robin*
3. White-breasted Nuthatch* (v)
4. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (v)
5. American Goldfinch*
6. Hermit Thrush
7. Black-capped Chickadee*
8. Downy Woodpecker*
9. Yellow-rumped Warbler
10. American Crow*
11. Northern Flicker*
12. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (drumming)
13. Purple Finch
14. Mourning Dove**
15. Herring Gull*
16. Song Sparrow (v)
17. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
18. Northern Cardinal**
19. White-throated Sparrow*
20. Eastern Towhee (v)
21. Chipping Sparrow
22. Savannah Sparrow
23. Tree Swallow
24. Eastern Bluebird
25. Tufted Titmouse* (v)
26. Brown Thrasher†
27. Palm Warbler
28. Blue Jay** (v)
Elsewhere
29. Dark-eyed Junco (v)
30. Red-bellied Woodpecker (v)
31. Barred Owl (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, barred owl, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, brown thrasher, chipping sparrow, dark-eyed junco, downy woodpecker, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, hermit thrush, herring gull, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, palm warbler, pileated woodpecker, purple finch, red-bellied woodpecker, ruby-crowned kinglet, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tree swallow, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch, white-throated sparrow, yellow-bellied sapsucker, yellow-rumped warbler
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Friday, June 13th, 2014
 Chestnut-sided Warbler. Friday the Thirteenth is no big deal. All it did was make sure I had a prime number of birds on my Beech Hill list today. (Yeah, I pay attention to that shit.) Plus, how nice that it wasn’t raining like crazy when Jack and I embarked early on our first annual spring bird survey of Beech Hill Preserve,
 American Redstart. One hundred fifty-eight individual birds representing thirty-seven species—that’s what I ended up with. It was gray, dim, chilly (about 55 degrees (F)), and the wind was blowing steadily from the north-northeast. Not great conditions for photos, but I did manage one of the gazillions of (OK, twenty-four) Chestnut-sided Warblers we encountered up there. (By far the most abundantly noticeable species.) Also readily apparent were: Red-eyed Vireos (fifteen), Ovenbirds (nine), Common Yellowthroats (eight), American Redstarts (eight), and Eastern Towhees (twelve).
Notably absent were: Northern Cardinal, Pileated Woodpecker, and Common Raven, each fairly regularly seen and/or heard by me up there. Also Hairy Woodpecker. Trouble is, by this time a lot of the species have gone pretty quiet, what with hatchlings and the serious nest-tending they require.
I also got to thinking how I haven’t yet found a Black-billed Cuckoo at the hill. The several tent caterpillar colonies I’ve seen up there seem to be doing fine without ’em.
Later in the day it began to drizzle some, and tonight it rained like friggin’ crazy. I still hear it coming down out there, in fact.
Full Friday the Thirteenth moon.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:30 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Chestnut-sided Warbler**
2. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
3. Red-eyed Vireo**
4. Ovenbird (v)
5. Eastern Towhee
6. American Redstart**
7. Veery (v)
8. American Robin**
9. Common Yellowthroat**
10. American Goldfinch
11. American Crow*
12. Mourning Dove*
13. Hermit Thrush (v)
14. Northern Flicker
15. Yellow Warbler** (v)
16. Blue Jay (v)
17. Black-and-white Warbler (v)
18. Field Sparrow (v)
19. Song Sparrow**
20. Alder Flycatcher (v)
21. Gray Catbird**
22. Eastern Bluebird (v)
23. Herring Gull* (v)
24. Savannah Sparrow (v)
25. Black-capped Chickadee
26. House Finch (v)
27. Cedar Waxwing
28. Chipping Sparrow
29. Downy Woodpecker (v)
30. Eastern Phoebe
31. Brown-headed Cowbird (v)
32. Tufted Titmouse (v)
33. Buteo sp. (likely a Broad-winged Hawk)
34. Brown Thrasher
35. Black-throated Blue Warbler (v)
36. Eastern Wood-pewee (v)
37. Nashville Warbler (v)
Elsewhere
38. House Sparrow (v)
39. Osprey (v)
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 blue warbler, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, broad-winged hawk, brown thrasher, brown-headed cowbird, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, downy woodpecker, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, field sparrow, gray catbird, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, house sparrow, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern flicker, osprey, ovenbird, red-eyed vireo, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, veery, yellow warbler
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