28 April 2025

Posts Tagged ‘blackpoll warbler’

Blue

Monday, October 31st, 2022
Eastern Bluebird, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 31 October 2022.
Eastern Bluebird.

Blue sky. Bluebirds. Blue Jays.

Chilly at first, with a half-overcast sky, but then the clouds flew away and the sky turned clear and blue. Mostly the usual suspects—including a large gang of robins—but bluebirds again, which is always nice. And along with the bluebirds, high up in the trees of the spruce grove, a random Blackpoll Warbler appeared. First warbler other than a yellow-rump I’ve seen in a couple weeks, at least.

Warmed right up today. Seems warmer than it used to be. Not complaining, exactly, but the climate, it is a-changing’.

Mostly only Red Oak leaves remaining, and those should be falling soon. November on the way.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:06 a.m., I hiked all trails.

1. Black-capped Chickadee
2. White-breasted Nuthatch
3. Brown Creeper
4. American Robin
5. American Crow
6. Purple Finch
7. Yellow-rumped Warbler
8. Blue Jay
9. Hairy Woodpecker
10. Northern Flicker
11. American Goldfinch
12. Eastern Bluebird
13. Red-breasted Nuthatch
14. Blackpoll Warbler
15. Song Sparrow

Mammals

Eastern Chipmunk

(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere

†First-of-year

Good Birds

Sunday, September 25th, 2022
Yellow-rumped Warbler, Monhegan Island, Maine, 25 September 2022.
Yellow-rumped Warbler.

Monhegan List

1. Herring Gull
2. European Starling
3. Mourning Dove
4. Northern Flicker
5. Merlin
6. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
7. Downy Woodpecker
8. Yellow-rumped Warbler
9. Canada Goose
10. American Goldfinch
11. American Robin
12. American Black Duck
13. Blue Jay
14. Black-and-white Warbler
15. Palm Warbler
16. Carolina Wren
17. Sharp-shinned Hawk
18. Common Raven
19. Peregrine Falcon
20. White-throated Sparrow
21. Song Sparrow
22. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
23. Golden-crowned Kinglet
24. Black-capped Chickadee
25. Greater Black-backed Gull
26. Red-breasted Nuthatch
27. Northern Harrier
28. Red-eyed Vireo
29. Green-winged Teal
30. Rusty Blackbird
31. Blackpoll Warbler
32. Mallard
33. Belted Kingfirhser
34. Common Grackle
35. Double-crested Cormorant
36. Cedar Waxwing
37. Eastern Phoebe
38. Common Yellowthroat

Chilly Morning

Thursday, September 15th, 2022
Savannah Sparrow, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 15 September 2022.
Savannah Sparrow.

A chilly morning (low 50s (F)), a cloudless morning (other than a line of clouds far out in the bay), with a stout gusty breeze. I had no expectations, but I thought of the possibility of some interesting migrating birds.

As it happened, there were birds of interest—notably a random Blackpoll Warbler up in the greenery between the woods and open fields—but mostly the usual suspects. Along with a couple “big birds” in flight (Turkey Vulture and Common Raven).

Blackpoll Warbler, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 15 September 2022.
Blackpoll Warbler.

Twenty-four species, though not many numbers of each. Those numbers will increase, though. Looking forward to it.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:37 a.m., I hiked all trails.

1. Tufted Titmouse
2. Northern Flicker
3. Cedar Waxwing
4. Black-capped Chickadee*
5. Eastern Towhee
6. Gray Catbird
7. American Crow*
8. Blackpoll Warbler
9. Hermit Thrush
10. Blue Jay (v)
11. Yellow-rumped Warbler
12. Common Yellowthroat (v)
13. American Goldfinch (v)
14. Eastern Phoebe
15. Song Sparrow
16. Savannah Sparrow
17. Eastern Bluebird
18. Common Raven
19. American Robin
20. Turkey Vulture
21. Red-bellied Woodpecker (v)
22. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
23. Downy Woodpecker (v)
24. Brown Creeper (v)

Elsewhere

25. Carolina Wren (v)
26. Herring Gull

Mammals

Eastern Chipmunk (v)

(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere

†First-of-year

 
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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