7 November 2026

Posts Tagged ‘northern shrike’

Cold Shrike

Sunday, December 11th, 2016
Northern Shrike, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 11 December 2016.

Northern Shrike.

Four degrees (F) when first I looked. A slick, sharp, brisk, lovely hike with Jack. A hike with shrike. And raven.

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

1. Black-capped Chickadee**
2. American Crow*
3. Northern Flicker
4. Common Raven
5. Northern Shrike
6. American Goldfinch (v)

Elsewhere

7. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
8. Herring Gull
9. American Robin

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

 

Cold Morning, Distant Birds

Saturday, December 10th, 2016
Northern Shrike, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 10 December 2016.

Northern Shrike.

Cold hike. Lovely morning. Distant perching shrike and flicker and, in flight, a lark.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:30 a.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. Black-capped Chickadee
2. American Goldfinch (v)
3. Blue Jay (v)
4. American Crow
5. Horned Lark
6. Northern Shrike
7. Northern Flicker
8. American Robin
9. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)

Elsewhere

10. Herring Gull
11. Rock Pigeon
12. Mallard
13. European Starling (v)
14. Ring-billed Gull

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

 

A Few Photos

Thursday, December 8th, 2016
Brown Creeper, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 08 December 2016.

Brown Creeper.

Northern Shrike, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 08 December 2016.

Northern Shrike.

Blue Jay, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 08 December 2016.

Blue Jay.

American Robin, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 08 December 2016.

American Robin.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:30 a.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. Black-capped Chickadee**
2. Tufted Titmouse
3. Brown Creeper
4. White-breasted Nuthatch
5. Common Raven (v)
6. American Crow*
7. Downy Woodpecker
8. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
9. Northern Shrike
10. American Goldfinch (v)
11. American Robin

Elsewhere

12. Herring Gull
13. Red-tailed Hawk
14. 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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