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Posts Tagged ‘common goldeneye’
Saturday, December 20th, 2014
Today was our local Aubudon Society Christmas Bird Count day. Forty-four species for our group, and thirty-five for me this day. Highlights were a Clay-colored Sparrow, bluebirds, and a hundred forty-eight coots. Rather than throw a bunch of words at you, I’ll simply post some photos.
 Clay-colored Sparrow.  Red-necked Grebe
 Black-capped Chickadee. 
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 2:30 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. American Crow* (v)
2. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
3. Northern Flicker
4. Red-tailed Hawk
Elsewhere
5. House Sparrow (v)
6. Herring Gull
7. Tufted Titmouse (v)
8. American Goldfinch
9. Mallard
10. Red-breasted Merganser
11. Common Eider
12. Ring-billed Gull
13. Black Guillemot
14. Common Goldeneye
15. Horned Grebe
16. Red-necked Grebe
17. Common Loon
18. Long-tailed Duck
19. Canada Goose
20. American Black Duck
21. Black-capped Chickadee
22. Northern Cardinal
23. Common Raven
24. White-breasted Nuthatch
25. Mourning Dove
26. Blue Jay (v)
27. Clay-colored Sparrow
28. House Finch
29. Bohemian Waxwing (v)
30. Eastern Bluebird
31. Common Redpoll
32. Bufflehead
33. American Coot
34. Bald Eagle
35. European Starling
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
Tags: American black duck, American coot, American crow, American goldfinch, bald eagle, black guillemot, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, Bohemian waxwing, bufflehead, Canada goose, clay-colored sparrow, common eider, common goldeneye, common loon, common raven, common redpoll, European starling, herring gull, horned grebe, house sparrow, long-tailed duck, mallard, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, pileated woodpecker, red-breasted merganser, red-necked grebe, red-tailed hawk, ring-billed gull, tufted titmousea, white-breasted nuthatch
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Sunday, November 23rd, 2014
 Ruddy Duck (female). A different sort of day. Nearly 40 degrees (F) when I first checked this morning, and the temperature continued on up to—eventually—50-something. Took Jack up to Beech Hill early, where a few others had the same idea. Not a lot of species there, but I did hear a bluebird and see a tree sparrow.
 American Coots. On the way to town (for a quick trip to the grocery store) is when things got interesting. Hadn’t been by Chickawaukie Lake for a while, and I noticed that seasonal coot invasion was underway. I also noticed a handful of diving ducks near the Route 17 turnout—so I pulled in. They were Ruddy Ducks, four or five of them, females and youngsters looked like. Can’t remember the last time I’ve seen any of those (if ever).
Probably a hundred coots. A few goldeneyes. Geese at the swim Beech. Town birds in town.
Did a little desk work but then decided 50-something was too good to pass up, so I went for a long bicycle ride. Felt great. Eighteen miles. En route, I added a bunch more species to today’s list—including a solitary Pileated Woodpecker near Route 1. I heard the bird first, then spotted it high in a tree, then pulled my bike over and dug my camera out of my backpack. I knew I’d stuck it in there for some reason.
Tonight it’s cooling off a bit. I hear we’ll be getting a little rain.
 Pileated Woodpecker. Beech Hill List
Beginning at 9:30 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Blue Jay (v)
2. American Crow*
3. Black-capped Chickadee**
4. Eastern Bluebird (v)
5. American Tree Sparrow
6. Northern Cardinal* (v)
Elsewhere
7. American Goldfinch (v)
8. Herring Gull
9. American Robin
10. Mourning Dove
11. American Coot
12. Ruddy Duck
13. Common Goldeneye
14. Canada Goose
15. Rock Pigeon
16. House Sparrow
17. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
18. Tufted Titmouse (v)
19. European Starling
20. Pileated Woodpecker
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American coot, American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, American tree sparrow, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, Canada goose, common goldeneye, European starling, herring gull, house sparrow, mourning dove, northern cardinal, pileated woodpecker, rock pigeon, ruddy duck, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch
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Saturday, December 22nd, 2012
 Pine grosbeak. Christmas Bird Count List
Beginning at 7:45 a.m., I helped count birds for the Audubon CBC.
1. House sparrow
2. Northern cardinal
3. Black-capped chickadee
4. Great blue heron
5. American crow
6. White-throated sparrow
7. Pine grosbeak
8. Herring gull
9. Mourning dove
10. Common eider
11. Common loon
12. Ring-billed gull
13. Mallard
14. Song sparrow
15. Bufflehead
16. Red-breasted merganser
17. Common goldeneye
18. Black guillemot
19. Long-tailed duck
20. Great black-backed gull
21. Purple sandpiper
22. Surf scoter
23. Red-necked grebe
24. American black duck
25. Horned grebe
26. Canada goose
27. Pileated woodpecker
28. White-breasted nuthatch
29. Golden-crowned kinglet
30. Tufted titmouse
31. American goldfinch
32. American robin
33. Hooded merganser
34. Downy woodpecker
35. Northern mockingbird
36. Blue jay
37. House finch
38. Ruddy duck
39. Common merganser
40. Ring-necked duck
41. American coot
42. Bald eagle
43. Red-tailed hawk
44. Rock pigeon
Tags: American black duck, American coot, American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, bald eagle, black guillemot, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, bufflehead, Canada goose, common eider, common goldeneye, common loon, common merganser, downy woodpecker, golden-crowned kinglet, great black-backed gull, great blue heron, herring gull, hooded merganser, horned grebe, house finch, house sparrow, long-tailed duck, mallard, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern mockingbird, pileated woodpecker, pine grosbeak, purple sandpiper, red-breasted merganser, red-necked grebe, red-tailed hawk, ring-billed gull, ring-necked duck, rock pigeon, ruddy duck, song sparrow, surf scoter, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch, white-throated sparrow
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