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Posts Tagged ‘magnolia warbler’
Wednesday, September 24th, 2014
 Magnolia Warbler.  Philadelphia Vireo.  Ruby-throated Hummingbird.  Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Big news today was the Yellow-headed Blackbird that showed up on the island. Big news for all the birders who saw (and didn’t) see it—especially, perhaps, my own self, since it was a lifer for me. However, back at the Trailing Yew later, as I popped into my room to change from shorts to jeans, the bird showed up all sunlit and photogenic on the tip of a spruce overlooking the yard. Dang it.
Monhegan List
Tally of species from my fourth day on the island.
1. Herring Gull
2. Merlin
3. Northern Flicker
4. Blue Jay
5. European Starling
6. American Goldfinch
7. Pine Siskin
8. Black-capped Chickadee
9. Eastern Wood-pewee
10. Eastern Phoebe
11. Unidentified empid
12. American Crow
13. Osprey
14. Peregrine Falcon
15. Sharp-shinned Hawk
16. Common Raven
17. Rusty Blackbird
18. Red-headed Woodpecker
19. Yellow-headed Blackbird
20. Northern Harrier
21. Red-eyed Vireo
22. Song Sparrow
23. Lincoln’s Sparrow
24. Chipping Sparrow
25. Baltimore Oriole
26. Yellow-rumped Warbler
27. Blackpoll Warbler
28. Palm Warbler
29. Northern Parula
30. Common Yellowthroat
31. Philadelphia Vireo
32. Magnolia Warbler
33. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
34. Belted Kingfisher
35. Ruby-throated Hummingbird…
…and more I’m forgetting.
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, Baltimore oriole, belted kingfisher, black-capped chickadee, blackpoll warbler, blue jay, chipping sparrow, common raven, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern wood-pewee, European starling, herring gull, Lincoln's sparrow, magnolia warbler, merlin, northern flicker, northern harrier, northern parula, osprey, palm warbler, peregrine falcon, Philadelphia vireo, pine siskin, red-eyed vireo, red-headed woodpecker, rose-breasted grosbeak, ruby-throated hummingbird, rusty blackbird, sharp-shinned hawk, song sparrow, unidentified empid, yellow-headed blackbird, yellow-rumped warbler
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
 Eastern Phoebe. Early fog burned off within an hour or so, and the black flies began to swarm. And the warblers began to swarm after them. Not as many species as yesterday, but still a bunch. No great photo ops, other than a few near misses, but the birds were generally cooperative.
And surprising: first-of-year Eastern Wood-pewee (a bunch of ’em) and Bobolink (heard its bouncy song in a large swath of grass near South Street). Perhaps the funnest sighting was a hummingbird flying by about about sixty feet above our heads, Jack and I.
We also saw a couple of deer.
The day actually turned out fairly sunny—a nice change-of-pace—and I mowed the lawn. Also heard Laughing Gulls out there.
Will be at Beech Hill again tomorrow. Will be foggy again, too, I hear.
P.S. If my hunches are correct, tomorrow will be the day I’ll hear my first Black-Billed Cuckoo.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 6:15 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Ovenbird**
2. Red-eyed Vireo
3. Common Yellowthroat**
4. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
5. Veery
6. Blue-headed Vireo (v)
7. Chestnut-sided Warbler
8. American Robin
9. Hermit Thrush
10. Gray Catbird*
11. Black-and-white Warbler
12. Tufted Titmouse**
13. American Goldfinch
14. Mourning Dove*
15. American Redstart**
16. Northern Flicker
17. Eastern Wood-pewee† (v)
18. Yellow Warbler**
19. Blue Jay (v)
20. Eastern Towhee
21. Black-capped Chickadee
22. Nashville Warbler (v)
23. American Crow*
24. Song Sparrow**
25. Chipping Sparrow**
26. Field Sparrow (v)
27. Scarlet Tanager
28. House Finch (v)
29. Eastern Phoebe**
30. Northern Cardinal** (v)
31. Alder Flycatcher (v)
32. Red-winged Blackbird
33. Blackpoll Warbler (v)
34. Magnolia Warbler
35. Bobolink† (v)
36. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
37. Savannah Sparrow
38. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
39. Broad-winged Hawk (v)
40. Tree Swallow
41. Herring Gull*
42. Blackburnian Warbler (v)
43. Black-throated Blue Warbler (v)
Elsewhere
44. Laughing Gull (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice onliy elsewhere
†First-of-year bird
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, blackburnian warbler, blackpoll warbler, blue jay, blue-headed vireo, bobolink, broad-winged hawk, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, field sparrow, gray catbird, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, laughing gull, magnolia warbler, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern cardinal, northern flicker, ovenbird, pileated woodpecker, red-eyed vireo, red-winged blackbird, ruby-throated hummingbird, savannah sparrow, scarlet tanager, song sparrow, tree swallow, tufted titmouse, veery, yellow warbler
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2014
 Lincoln’s Sparrow. Despite yet another dim, non-photogenic morning, the birds finally showed up en masse this morning—what felt to me like the first really busy spring migration day. Not only did I spy (or hear) fourteen warbler species, but one of those was a first-of-year bird, and I got three other F-O-Y species, two of which were first-of–Beech Hill birds: Warbling Vireo and Lincoln’s sparrow. Had not yet come upon either of these in my thousands of hikes up there.
 Yellow Warbler. [Thanks to Kristen Lindquist for helping me ID the former via a recording of its warbling calls.]
Alas, the only photo I managed of the Lincoln’s had a twig in the way, but you can still tell it’s an especially handsome species.
Otherwise, I had a dramatic Pileated Woodpecker flyby, a sudden Eastern Kingbird, a vocal raven flyby, a nice Scarlet Tanager Sighting, and a frantic hike through brambles in search of an elusive Canada Warbler. The warbler got away.
Jack and I happened also to have run into a couple of wild mammals—well, not literally, fortunately, since one of these was a good-sized porcupine (up a tree). (The other was a red squirrel.)
Blackpoll Warbler, Black-Throated Blue Warbler, more Magnolia Warblers, two other vireo species (second day for red-eyes), and a Chipping Sparrow chasing a couple warblers away from what I must assume was its nesting tree.
And while stopped to photograph Yellow Warblers, I somehow managed to get a video of a vocal Gray Catbird. Usually those guys are pretty shy
I’m already kind of excited for tomorrow morning—even if it is supposed to be another cloudy one.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 6:15 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Ovenbird**
2. Blue-headed Vireo
3. Black-throated Green Warbler
4. Pileated Woodpecker
5. Chestnut-sided Warbler
6. Common Yellowthroat**
7. Northern Parula (v)
8. Hairy Woodpecker (v)
9. American Redstart
10. Veery
11. Black-capped Chickadee
12. Least Flycatcher (v)
13. Magnolia Warbler
14. Gray Catbird
15. Black-and-white Warbler
16. Eastern Towhee
17. Mourning Dove*
18. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
19. Red-eyed Vireo
20. Canada Warbler†
21. Blackpoll Warbler
22. Northern Flicker
23. Yellow Warbler
24. Nashville Warbler (v)
25. American Crow*
26. Scarlet Tanager
27. American Goldfinch (v)
28. Blue Jay
29. Tufted Titmouse** (v)
30. Warbling Vireo† (v)
31. Song Sparrow
32. Field Sparrow (v)
33. Eastern Phoebe (v)
34. House Finch
35. Brown-headed Cowbird (v)
36. Double-crested Cormorant
37. Alder Flycatcher (v)
38. Yellow-rumped Warbler
39. Red-winged Blackbird
40. Common Raven
41. Hermit Thrush (v)
42. Chipping Sparrow
43. White-breasted Nuthatch** (v)
44. Turkey Vulture
45. Eastern Kingbird†
46. Lincoln’s Sparrow†
47. Black-throated Blue Warbler (v)
Elsewhere
48. Herring Gull
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird
 Beast of Beech hill.
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated blue warbler, black-throated green warbler, blackpoll warbler, blue jay, blue-headed vireo, brown-headed cowbird, Canada warbler, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common raven, common yellowthroat, double-crested cormorant, eastern kingbird, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, field sparrow, gray catbird, hairy woodpecker, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, least flycatcher, Linconl's sparrow, magnolia warbler, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern flicker, northern parula, ovenbird, pileated woodpecker, red-eyed vireo, red-winged blackbird, rose-breasted grosbeak, scarlet tanager, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, turkey vulture, veery, warbling vireo, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow warbler, yellow-rumped warbler
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