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Posts Tagged ‘magnolia warbler’
Tuesday, May 20th, 2014
 Black-throated Blue Warbler. Traipsed around Beech Hill Preserve in intermittent rain this morning with Jack, my dog. Warblers abounded—a few nice waves of them—but it was hard to take their pictures, what with the very dim light. I missed great, teed-up photo ops of a Black-throated Green Warbler, a couple of Magnolia Warblers, and a couple of Northern Parulas.
 Black-throated Blue Warbler, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 20 May 2014. Then as we were returning through the suddenly leafy bottomlands, I heard the song of a Black-throated Green Warbler. I don’t believe I’ve ever declared this hear, but that’s my favorite wild bird species—its handsome, well-dressed look, its blueness, its buzzy call, its tendency to go solo and keep to secret places. But I’ve found them also really hard to photograph on the best of days.
We left the trail and went after the warbler. Probably spent about forty-five minutes on its trail.
I took a ton of photos, near and distant, but with the low light and all the new leaves and an over-sensitive auto-focus, I didn’t think I got any images worth sharing. But it turns out I did get a few.
Here are a couple (along with a Black-and-White Warbler enjoying breakfast.)
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 6:45 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Northern Parula
2. Ovenbird**
3. Black-throated Green Warbler
4. Black-and-white Warbler**
5. American Robin*
6. Blue-headed Vireo (v)
7. Common Yellowthroat**
8. Chestnut-sided Warbler
9. Eastern Towhee
10. American Redstart
11. Veery (v)
12. American Goldfinch (v)
13. Yellow Warbler
14. Mourning Dove*
15. Gray Catbird**
16. Black-capped Chickadee**
17. Brown Thrasher (v)
18. American Crow*
19. Blue Jay
20. Hermit Thrush
21. Song Sparrow**
22. Northern Flicker
23. Savannah Sparrow
24. Chipping Sparrow (v)
25. Magnolia Warbler
26. Brown-headed Cowbird
27. Black-throated Blue Warbler
28. Least Flycatcher
29. Red-eyed Vireo†
30. Eastern Phoebe
Elsewhere
31. House Sparrow
32. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
33. Rock Pigeon
34. European Starling
35. Red-winged Blackbird
36. Common Grackle
37. Northern Cardinal
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird
 Black-and-white Warbler.
Tags: 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, blue-headed vireo, brown thrasher, brown-headed cowbird, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common grackle, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, European starling, gray catbird, hermit thrush, house sparrow, least flycatcher, magnolia warbler, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, northern parula, ovenbird, red-eyed vireo, red-winged blackbird, rock pigeon, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow warbler
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Monday, May 19th, 2014
 Mallard pair. You might thing a rainy morning wouldn’t be the best day for birding, but you would be wrong—at least at this particular time of year. Before I’d hiked a hundred yards through the woods of Beech Hill this early morning, I’d come upon the first wave of warblers. And before my morning hike was done, I’d happened upon three of them. Listed twelve warblers in all, the most of any day so far this year.
Not great weather for photos, though.
Still, I did get a great look at a pair of Scarlet Tanagers near the summit. And I got a video of a singing Brown Thrasher.
But perhaps the most fitting photo I got was one of the first, a picture of the pair of Mallards that waddled ahead of me for a ways right at the outset of my hike. Then the snuck off into the grass to hide.
 Northern Cardinal. Yep, rain again this morning—and throughout the day. Steady rain tonight. Heck, it’s supposed to rain all week. How many sunny May days will we end up with, I wonder? And the summer is supposed to be hot and dry. #welcometotheanthropocene
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 6:30 a.m., I hiked all trails—then at 4 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Mallard
2. Northern Parula (v)
3. Ovenbird**
4. Blue-headed vireo (v)
5. Black-throated Green Warbler**
6. Chestnut-sided Warbler**
7. Eastern Phoebe
8. Eastern Towhee
9. Black-and-White Warbler**
10. Veery
11. Black-capped Chickadee
12. American Goldfinch
13. Common Yellowthroat**
14. Magnolia Warbler
15. Blackburnian Warbler
16. Prairie Warbler† (v)
17. Gray Catbird**
18. Canada Goose (v)
19. American Redstart**
20. Mourning Dove*
21. American Crow*
22. Common Raven (v)
23. Herring Gull*
24. Brown Thrasher
25. Yellow Warbler
26. Field Sparrow (v)
27. Blue Jay
28. Song Sparrow**
29. Scarlet Tanager
30. Savannah Sparrow
31. Brown-headed Cowbird
32. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (v)
33. Northern Cardinal* (v)
34. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v)
35. Tree Swallow (v)
36. Nashville Warbler
37. Hermit Thrush
38. Black-throated Blue Warbler
39. Downy Woodpecker
40. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
Elsewhere
41. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
42. House Sparrow
43. Double-crested Cormorant
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated blue warbler, black-throated green warbler, blackburnian warbler, blue jay, blue-headed vireo, brown thrasher, brown-headed cowbird, Canada goose, chestnut-sided warbler, common raven, common yellowthroat, double-crested cormorant, downy woodpecker, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, field sparrow, gray catbird, hermit thrush, herring gull, house sparrow, magnolia warbler, mallard, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern cardinal, northern parula, ovenbird, pileated woodpecker, prairie warbler, rose-breasted grosbeak, ruby-crowned kinglet, savannah sparrow, scarlett, song sparrow, tree swallow, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow warbler
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Thursday, May 15th, 2014
 Magnolia Warbler. Up early. Overcast again but not as cool as yesterday, nor as windy. Quite a few bird voices at Beech Hill, but few outright sightings at first—too dim again for very photos. Lots of warbler on the list, though, as you might expect for mid-May—ten, in fact. It was a quick hike. Flushed a partridge, heard two Rose-breasted Grosbeaks.
 White-breasted Nuthatch. Did some errands, then drove to a Coastal Mountains Land Trust volunteers get-together in Camden. The sky remained clear, but the temp had dipped with the end of the day. En route, I watched a Peregrine Falcon sail off out into Rockport Harbor.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 6 a.m., I hiked all trails (then, at 2 p.m, I hiked the open trail).
1. Tufted Titmouse (v)
2. Ovenbird**
3. Common Yellowthroat**
4. Chestnut-sided Warbler**
5. Blue-headed Vireo** (v)
6. Black-throated Green Warbler**
7. Black-and-white Warbler**
8. Eastern Towhee**
9. Veery (v)
10. American Robin*
11. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v)
12. Gray Catbird**
13. American Goldfinch*
14. American Redstart**
15. Black-capped Chickadee
16. Ruffed Grouse (flushed)
17. Hairy Woodpecker
18. American Crow*
19. Mourning Dove* (v)
20. Nashville Warbler** (v)
21. Brown-headed Cowbird
22. Song Sparrow**
23. Blue Jay** (v)
24. Eastern Phoebe
25. Savannah Sparrow
26. Wood Thrush (v)
27. Yellow Warbler**
28. White-throated Sparrow (v)
29. Magnolia Warbler†
30. Least Flycatcher
31. Northern Cardinal (v)
32. House Finch** (v)
33. Yellow-rumped Warbler
34. Hermit Thrush (v)
Elsewhere
35. House Sparrow
36. Herring Gull
37. White-breasted Nuthatch
38. Laughing Gull (v)
39. Double-crested Cormorant
40. Rock Pigeon
41. European Starling
42. Peregrine Falcon
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, blue-headed vireo, brown-headed cowbird, chestnut-sided warbler, common yellowthroat, double-crested cormorant, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, European starling, gray catbird, hairy woodpecker, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, house sparrow, laughing gull, least flycatcher, magnolia warbler, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern cardinal, ovenbird, peregrine falcon, rock pigeon, rose-breasted grosbeak, ruffed grouse, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, white-throated sparrow, wood thrush, yellow warbler, yellow-rumped warbler
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