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Posts Tagged ‘Bohemian waxwing’
Monday, December 22nd, 2014
 Bohemian Waxwings, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 22 December 2014. This first full day of winter was not too wintry. Drippy, damp, not very cold. A busy day, though, with a narrow opening for my daily hike with dog.
 December bouquet. Saw a couple dooryard birds—cardinal and jay—prowling the tangles near the Beech Hill Road parking lot. Saw a gull fly over. Heard the (near-)daily flicker. Chickadees and nuthatches. And then, returning, I happened to spy another little clutch of waxwings preening on some bare twigs a little ways down the slope.
Any day with Bohemian Waxwings is a good ’un.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 1 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Blue Jay
2. Northern Cardinal
3. Black-capped Chickadee**
4. American Crow*
5. Herring Gull
6. Mourning Dove
7. Northern Flicker (v)
8. Bohemian Waxwing
9. White-breasted Nuthatch
10. Downy Woodpecker
Elsewhere
11. House Sparrow (v)
12. Canada Goose
13. Rock Pigeon
14. Ring-billed Gull
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, Bohemian waxwing, Canada goose, downy woodpecker, European starling, herring gull, house sparrow, mourning dove, northern cardinal, ring-billed gull, rock pigeon, white-breasted nuthatch
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Sunday, December 21st, 2014
 Bohemian Waxwing. Glued to my downstairs desk for most of this solstitial Sunday. But I did manage a nice hike with Jack.
 Brown Creeper. So many little birds around the Beech Hill Road parking lot—two nuthatch species, two tits, woodpecker, Brown Creeper, goldfinches. Then, up the slope, I managed to spot a pair of Bohemian waxwings perched in the crown of a bare tree. As I began to take distant photos, one of the two took wing, flew across the trail in front of us, and lit in a winterberry bush, where it hovered, grabbed a berry, and returned to the tree it came from.
That pretty much made the hike—not to diminish the run I had watching all the little guys down at the parking lot.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 1:45 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Tufted Titmouse
2. Black-capped CHickadee
3. White-breasted Nuthatch
4. Brown Creeper
5. American Goldfinch
6. Bohemian Waxwing
7. American Crow* (v)
8. Red-breasted Nuthatch
9. Hairy Woodpecker
Elsewhere
10. Herring Gull
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, black-capped chickadee, Bohemian waxwing, brown creeper, hairy woodpecker, herring gull, red-breasted nuthatch, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch
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Saturday, December 20th, 2014
Today was our local Aubudon Society Christmas Bird Count day. Forty-four species for our group, and thirty-five for me this day. Highlights were a Clay-colored Sparrow, bluebirds, and a hundred forty-eight coots. Rather than throw a bunch of words at you, I’ll simply post some photos.
 Clay-colored Sparrow.  Red-necked Grebe
 Black-capped Chickadee. 
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 2:30 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. American Crow* (v)
2. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
3. Northern Flicker
4. Red-tailed Hawk
Elsewhere
5. House Sparrow (v)
6. Herring Gull
7. Tufted Titmouse (v)
8. American Goldfinch
9. Mallard
10. Red-breasted Merganser
11. Common Eider
12. Ring-billed Gull
13. Black Guillemot
14. Common Goldeneye
15. Horned Grebe
16. Red-necked Grebe
17. Common Loon
18. Long-tailed Duck
19. Canada Goose
20. American Black Duck
21. Black-capped Chickadee
22. Northern Cardinal
23. Common Raven
24. White-breasted Nuthatch
25. Mourning Dove
26. Blue Jay (v)
27. Clay-colored Sparrow
28. House Finch
29. Bohemian Waxwing (v)
30. Eastern Bluebird
31. Common Redpoll
32. Bufflehead
33. American Coot
34. Bald Eagle
35. European Starling
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
Tags: American black duck, American coot, American crow, American goldfinch, bald eagle, black guillemot, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, Bohemian waxwing, bufflehead, Canada goose, clay-colored sparrow, common eider, common goldeneye, common loon, common raven, common redpoll, European starling, herring gull, horned grebe, house sparrow, long-tailed duck, mallard, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, pileated woodpecker, red-breasted merganser, red-necked grebe, red-tailed hawk, ring-billed gull, tufted titmousea, white-breasted nuthatch
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