6 April 2026

Posts Tagged ‘American robin’

Last Day of Winter

Sunday, March 19th, 2017
Dark-eyed Junco, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 19 March 2017.

Dark-eyed Junco.

Lots of snow, lots of birds. The seasons, they are a-turning.

Eastern Bluebird, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 19 March 2017.

Eastern Bluebird.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:45 a.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. Red-breasted Nuthatch†
2. Black-capped Chickadee**
3. Northern Cardinal (v)
4. White-breasted Nuthatch**
5. American Goldfinch** (v)
6. Dark-eyed Junco
7. Pine Siskin (v)
8. Tufted Titmouse (v)
9. Herring Gull*
10. American Crow*
11. Downy Woodpecker (v)
12. Northern Flicker (v)
13. Eastern Bluebird
14. American Robin*

Elsewhere

15. Blue Jay (v)
16. Turkey Vulture
17. Wild Turkey
18. Ring-billed Gull

v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird

 

Winter’s End

Saturday, March 18th, 2017
Eastern Bluebird, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 18 March 2017.

Eastern Bluebird.

Black-capped Chickadee, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 18 March 2017.

Black-capped Chickadee.

Looks like winter, feels like spring. And the birds were out to prove it.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 9:15 a.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. Tufted Titmouse** (v)
2. Black-capped Chickadee**
3. American Crow*
4. Northern Cardinal** (v)
5. Eastern Bluebird
6. Turkey Vulture
7. American Robin* (v)
8. White-breasted Nuthatch**

Elsewhere

9. Downy Woodpecker (v)
10. Mallard
11. Rock Pigeon

v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere

Turkey Vultures, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 18 March 2017.

Turkey Vultures.

First Vulture

Friday, March 17th, 2017
Turkey Vulture, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 17 March 2017.

Turkey Vulture.

Good hike this morning. Caught sight of my first-of-year Turkey Vulture, headed away.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 9:15 a.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. Tufted Titmouse
2. Black-capped Chickadee**
3. American Crow*
4. White-breasted Nuthatch** (v)
5. Turkey Vulture†
6. American Goldfinch (v)

Elsewhere

7. Mourning Dove (v)
8. American Robin
9. Herring Gull
10. Mallard
11. Rock Pigeon
12. European Starling (v)

 
Bird Report is a (sometimes intermittent) record of the birds I encounter while hiking, see while driving, or spy outside my window. —Brian Willson



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