6 April 2026

Posts Tagged ‘American robin’

Before the Cold

Friday, March 10th, 2017
American Crow, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 10 March 2017.

American Crow.

Tomorrow will come record cold temperatures, the prognosticators say. On this gray day, the birds seemed a tad bit distracted.

Next week, they say we can expect a major winter storm.

Bring it on, I say.

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

1. Black-capped Chickadee
2. Northern Cardinal (v)
3. American Crow*
4. Blue Jay (v)
5. Downy Woodpecker (drumming)
6. American Robin*
7. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)

Elsewhere

8. Herring Gull
9. Rock Pigeon
10. Mallard
11. European Starling

v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere

The Interesting Sky

Thursday, March 9th, 2017
Interesting sky, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 09 March 2017.

Interesting sky.

American Robin, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 09 March 2017.

American Robin.

The sky, the sky
The interesting sky
The pair of Red-tailed Hawks in the sky
The light on the bay beneath the sky
The look of the hut against the sky
The interesting sky
The sky

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

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

Elsewhere

10. Herring Gull

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

Red-tailed hawk, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 09 March 2017.

Red-tailed hawk.

Land of Rain and Fog

Wednesday, March 8th, 2017
White-breasted Nuthatch, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 08 March 2017.

White-breasted Nuthatch.

Spring is in the air, in the form of birdsong, rain and fog, mud, and the scent of wet pussy willow. I encountered birds flitting and calling all over Beech Hill today—but my coolest sighting was a pileated woodpecker flapping silently above the canopy, its dark aspect softened by a misty veil.

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

1. Northern Cardinal** (v)
2. Black-capped Chickadee**
3. Blue Jay (v)
4. Tufted Titmouse (v)
5. White-breasted Nuthatch
6. Pileated Woodpecker
7. American Crow*
8. American Robin
9. Downy Woodpecker (v)
10. Pine Siskin (v)
11. Mourning Dove

Elsewhere

12. Herring Gull
13. Rock Pigeon

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

 

 
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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