6 April 2026

Pair of Pigeons

February 27th, 2017
Rock Pigeons, Rockport Village, Maine, 27 February 2017.

Rock Pigeons.

Plenty of birds on the hill this morning, although no bird photos. Still, it’s nice to feature images of birds from elsewhere from time to time.

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

1. American Robin*
2. Northern Cardinal** (v)
3. Black-capped Chickadee**
4. White-breasted Nuthatch
5. Eastern Bluebird (v)
6. Tufted Titmouse (v)
7. American Crow*
8. Blue Jay (v)
9. Herring Gull*
10. Dark-eyed Junco

Elsewhere

11. Rock Pigeon

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

 

A Tone-Deaf Chickadee

February 26th, 2017
Thrushes three, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 26 February 2017.

Thrushes three.

There’s a chickadee
At Beech Hill
Whose  two-note spring song

American Robin, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 26 February 2017.

American Robin.

Is defective,
Monotonous.
The bird sings both notes

On the same pitch.
I feel sorry
For the tone-deaf chickadee.

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

1. American Crow*
2. Black-capped Chickadee**
3. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
4. American Robin*
5. Hairy Woodpecker
6. Blue Jay (v)
7. Eastern Bluebird
8. Common Raven
9. White-breasted Nuthatch
10. Tufted Titmouse (v)
11. Yellow-rumped Warbler
12. Herring Gull*

 

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

 

Roadside Sharpie

February 25th, 2017
Sharp-shinned Hawk (juvie), near Clam Cove, Rockport, Maine, 25 February 2017.

Sharp-shinned Hawk (juvie).

Thick morning fog and balmy temps
Pushed and pulled us up the slope
Leaving robins, crows, and black-caps
To keep track of our muddy tramp.

Black-capped Chickadee, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 25 February 2017.

Black-capped Chickadee.

Driving home I saw a little sharpie
Perched bolt upright on a fat tightrope
Of cable stretched between power poles—
A hawk scanning the fog for prey.

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

1. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
2. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
3. Black-capped Chickadee
4. American Robin
5. American Crow* (v)
6. Tufted Titmouse (v)
7. Northern Cardinal (v)
8. Red-breasted Nuthatch (v)

Elsewhere

9. Sharp-shinned Hawk
10. Canada Goose
11. Mallard
12. Herring Gull

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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