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Posts Tagged ‘black-thraoted green warbler’
Wednesday, May 20th, 2015
 Alder Flycatcher. Early in my hike with dog this morning, I stopped and for a long time watched a Red-eyed Vireo that had flown down to near eye-level. Amazing little birds, they are.
 Least Flycatcher. Later in the hike, I spotted an Alder Flycatcher. I hear them a lot, but they’re furtive and good at staying out of sight. Then, still later, I heard—then saw—a Least Flycatcher hunting, well, flies atop a beech tree coming down the back side. And after that, descending through the woods, I heard a first-of-year Eastern Wood-pewee.
A flycatcher sort of day.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 6:45 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Mallard
2. Ovenbird
3. American Robin*
4. Tufted Titmouse (v)
5. Common Yellowthroat
6. Red-eyed Vireo
7. Chestnut-sided Warbler**
8. Veery
9. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
10. American Redstart**
11. Black-capped Chickadee
12. Northern Parula (v)
13. Eastern Towhee
14. Black-and-white Warbler (v)
15. Mourning Dove* (v)
16. Gray Catbird
17. Yellow Warbler
18. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
19. Northern Flicker (v)
20. Song Sparrow
21. Alder Flycatcher
22. American Goldfinch
23. Nashville Warbler (v)
24. Eastern Phoebe (v)
25. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
26. Savannah Sparrow
27. Ruby-throated Hummingbird*
28. Blue Jay (v)
29. Brown-headed Cowbird (v)
30. Least Flycatcher
31. Osprey
32. Hermit Thrush (v)
33. Black-throated Blue Warbler (v)
34. Eastern Wood-pewee (v)
Elsewhere
35. Herring Gull
36. European Starling
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird
 Ruby-throated Hummingbird.
Tags: alder flycatcher, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-thraoted green warbler, black-throated blue warbler, blue jay, brown-headed cowbird, chestnut-sided warbler, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, European starling, gray catbird, hermit thrush, herring gull, least flycatcher, mallard, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern flicker, northern parula, osprey, ovenbird, red-eyed vireo, rose-breasted grosbeak, ruby-throated hummingbird, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow warbler
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2014
 Black-throated Green Warbler. Rain moved in. Heard it before waking up entirely, then spent much of the day indoors. In afternoon it stopped, and things dried, but the sky remained overcast, and fog settled in the low places. Beech Hill was dim and shadowy, and my bird photos were subsequently blurry and vague—but that kind of matched the day.
 Wood lily. Of note: little warblers were flitting around all over the place. And by “little,” I mean not only youngsters (there were plenty of those), but their frantic parents (not much larger), in a frenzy to keep all the hungry mouths full. There wasn’t a lot of singing; there was a lot of flitting. I watched four species engaged in swift, furtive fledgling-feeding behavior within a hundred feet of the parking lot in fact. Fun.
Up the hill, the sparrows were active. Similar feeding going on. Also towhees.
Earlier this evening, some thunder blew through. We’re advise to expect more overnight.
Which is fine. I rather like a thunderstorm.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 4:45 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Red-eyed Vireo** (v)
2. American Redstart
3. Eastern Towhee (v)
4. Cedar Waxwing** (v)
5. American Robin (v)
6. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v)
7. Mourning Dove (v)
8. American Goldfinch** (v)
9. Black-throated Green Warbler
10. Black-and-white Warbler
11. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
12. Chestnut-sided Warbler
13. Yellow Warbler** (v)
14. Chipping Sparrow (v)
15. Common Yellowthroat** (v)
16. Song Sparrow*
17. American Crow*
18. Savannah Sparrow
19. Gray Catbird
20. Field Sparrow (v)
21. Ovenbird** (v)
22. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
23. House Finch** (v)
Elsewhere
24. Herring Gull
25. House Sparrow
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-thraoted green warbler, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, eastern towhee, field sparrow, gray catbird, herring gull, house finch, house sparrow, mourning dove, ovenbird, red-eyed vireo, rose-breasted grosbeak, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow warbler
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Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
 White-throated sparrow. I think of May as the month when the warblers return. Some come early in the month, some come later—as do the red-eyed vireos and scarlet tanagers—but generally they’re all back by the end of May. And, sure enough, a couple arrived just as the month began.
 Broad-winged hawk. As Jack and I walked out early this morning en route to Beech Hill, the first bird I heard singing out back was a black-and-white warbler. First of year. And one of the first birds I heard singing as we stood in the sugarbush was a black-throated green. The early b-and-w was the only individual of that species on the day, but I did hear a second black-throated green on the hill (unless the first had traveled quite a ways in a short period of time). And now I’m eager to find out what tomorrow might bring.
Meanwhile, though, I had a couple photographic frustrations: stood for about ten minutes trying to find where a very near broad-winged hawk was perched down near the Beech Hill Road parking lot, but only managed a vague and distant photo; had a yellow-rump tee up very, very near me but didn’t see it until it was too late to fire off a shot; had a tree swallow fly so near me that I heard the sound of its wingbeats, but couldn’t manage a photo of that swift-moving bird (as usual), either.
On the other hand, that was kind of a peak moment this morning—hearing the sound of a swallows wings. And I also happened to spot (and get a blah photo of possibly my first-ever vesper sparrow on the hill. And it was just generally a lovely morning.
 Vesper sparrow. So, yeah. May is here.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 6:45 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Hairy woodpecker
2. Black-capped chickadee*
3. Northern flicker
4. Hermit thrush
5. Blue-headed vireo
6. Black-throated green warbler† (v)
7. Eastern phoebe**
8. Blue jay (v)
9. American goldfinch
10. American crow*
11. Eastern towhee
12. Mallard
13. Herring gull*
14. American robin*
15. Northern cardinal**
16. Yellow-rumped warbler
17. Song sparrow**
18. Savannah sparrow
19. House finch**
20. Tree swallow
21. Field sparrow
22. Vesper sparrow†
23. Brown-headed cowbird*
24. Tufted titmouse** (v)
25. White-breasted nuthatch (v)
26. Broad-winged hawk
27. Mourning dove* (v)
28. Red-winged blackbird
29. White-throated sparrow
30. Golden-crowned kinglet (v)
Elsewhere
31. Black-and-white warbler† (v)
32. Red-tailed hawk
33. European starling
34. Chipping sparrow (v)
35. Rock pigeon
36. Osprey
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-thraoted green warbler, blue jay, blue-headed vireo, broad-winged hawk, brown-headed cowbird, chipping sparrow, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, European starling, field sparrow, golden-crowned kinglet, hairy woodpecker, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, mallard, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, osprey, red-tailed hawk, red-winged blackbird, rock pigeon, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tree swallow, tufted titmouse, vesper sparrow, white-breasted nuthatch, white-throated sparrow, yellow-rumped warbler
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