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Posts Tagged ‘herring gull’
Saturday, May 30th, 2015
 Eastern Phoebe. Every day is different on the hill. This day, I heard no pewees singing, nor any woodland veeries sounding the alarm as Jack and I passed their nesting regions. (I did hear one singing near the parking lot.) Birds must follow a tight schedule: mating, laying, hatching, fledging—all must happen fast.
 Birch. It’s taken me a few years to get it, but I’m finally noticing how different every day is here where the seasons change.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8 a.m., I hiked all tails.
1. Ovenbird
2. Black-throated Green Warbler** (v)
3. Red-eyed Vireo
4. American Redstart** (v)
5. Eastern Phoebe
6. Tufted Titmouse** (v)
7. Common Yellowthroat
8. Chestnut-sided Warbler
9. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v)
10. Black-and-white Warbler
11. Eastern Towhee
12. Mourning Dove*
13. Nashville Warbler (v)
14. Gray Catbird
15. Northern Flicker
16. Alder Flycatcher
17. Black-capped Chickadee
18. Yellow Warbler**
19. Blue Jay (v)
20. American Goldfinch
21. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
22. American Crow*
23. Field Sparrow (v)
24. Song Sparrow
25. American Robin
26. Common Raven
27. White-throated Sparrow (v)
28. Savannah Sparrow
29. Cedar Waxwing
30. Veery (v)
31. Wood Thrush (v)
32. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
Elsewhere
33. Herring Gull
34. Laughing Gull
35. House Sparrow
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 green warbler, blue jay, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, common raven, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, field sparrow, gray catbird, herring gull, house sparrow, laughing gull, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern flicker, ovenbird, red-eyed vireo, rose-breasted grosbeak, ruby-throated hummingbird, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, white-throated sparrow, wood thrush, yellow warbler
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Friday, May 29th, 2015
 Eastern Phoebe.  Ruby-throated Hummingbird.  Common Yellowthroat.  Gray Catbird. Just a few pictures from my early morning hike with Jack-my-dog.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 6:30 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Black-throated Green Warbler** (v)
2. Ovenbird**
3. Tufted Titmouse** (v)
4. Eastern Phoebe
5. Red-eyed Vireo**
6. Veery** (v)
7. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
8. American Redstart**
9. American Goldfinch
10. Chestnut-sided Warbler
11. Black-capped Chickadee*
12. Eastern Towhee
13. Mourning Dove*
14. Black-and-white Warbler
15. Common Yellowthroat
16. American Crow*
17. Alder Flycatcher (v)
18. Gray Catbird**
19. Nashville Warbler (v)
20. Yellow Warbler**
21. Eastern Wood-pewee
22. Blue Jay (v)
23. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
24. Field Sparrow (v)
25. Song Sparrow
26. Cedar Waxwing
27. Northern Flicker (v)
28. Wood Thrush (v)
29. Tree Swallow
30. Double-crested Cormorant
31. Northern Cardinal
32. Chipping Sparrow (v)
33. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
34. American Robin
35. Black-billed Cuckoo (v)
36. Wild Turkey (v)
37. Downy Woodpecker
Elsewhere
38. Herring Gull
39. Laughing Gull
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: alder flycatcher, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-billed cuckoo, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, double-crested cormorant, downy woodpecker, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, field sparrow, gray catbird, herring gull, laughing gull, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern cardinal, northern flicker, ovenbird, red-eyed vireo, rose-breasted grosbeak, ruby-throated hummingbird, song sparrow, tree swallow, tufted titmouse, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, wild turkey, wood thrush, yellow warbler
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Wednesday, May 27th, 2015
 Yellow Warbler. ’Tis the nesting season hereabouts. In my early morning hike with dog, I came first upon an active Eastern Phoebe nest. Then I spied a female Black-throated Green Warbler hopping about in the greening tangles on the ground—and up she came with nest strands in her bill.
 Ovenbird. Not long after, I took note of an Ovenbird on a perch, an Ovenbird with a face full of the old gauzy bones of a hardwood leaf. Jus sitting there, waiting for Jack and me to split the scene.
And toward the summit, where the Yellow Warblers hang out, I spotted a female pulling scraps of fluff from a caterpillar tent—a practice I’ve seen before very near that same spot. When we stood dead still and waited for a few minutes for her to return, I happened to see another tent farther along the trail, and there she was over there. (Saw a Chestnut-sided Warbler using this trick, as well.)
All sorts of other nesting behavior goin’ on, too. Including—during a second hike in afternoon—a Savannah Sparrow singing from the peak of the roof of Beech Nut. Again. Third season in a row.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 6:45 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Ovenbird**
2. Red-eyed Vireo (v)
3. Black-throated Green Warbler**
4. Black-and-white Warbler (v)
5. Eastern Phoebe**
6. Eastern Wood-pewee
7. Veery** (v)
8. American Redstart** (v)
9. American Goldfinch
10. Chestnut-sided Warbler (v)
11. Common Yellowthroat
12. Mourning Dove*
13. Gray Catbird
14. Alder Flycatcher
15. Northern Cardinal
16. Northern Flicker (v)
17. Yellow Warbler**
18. Song Sparrow
19. American Crow*
20. Nashville Warbler (v)
21. Black-capped Chickadee
22. Tufted Titmouse
23. Field Sparrow
24. Chipping Sparrow
25. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
26. Brown-headed Cowbird**
27. American Robin
28. Osprey
29. Cedar Waxwing
30. Blue Jay
31. Purple Finch
32. Black-throated Blue Warbler (v)
33. Scarlet Tanager* (v)
And at about 2:30 this afternoon…
34. Great Crested Flyatcher** (v)
35. Broad-winged Hawk
36. Herring Gull*
Elsewhere
37. Laughing Gull (v)
38. House Sparrow
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-headed cowbird, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern wood-pewee, field sparrow, gray catbird, great crested flycatcher, herring gull, house sparrow, laughing gull, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern cardinal, northern flicker, osprey, ovenbird, purple finch, red-eyed vireo, rose-breasted grosbeak, scarlet tanager, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, veery, yellow warbler
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