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Posts Tagged ‘Phoebe’

Mini Fallout

Monday, September 5th, 2022
Northern Parula, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 05 September 2022.
Northern Parula.

The forecast was for rain pretty much all day. Up early to check the weather radar, noting that, although it’d rained at some point overnight, it wasn’t raining now. Radar showed no rain for a couple hours—so right away dog and I hit the trail.

Quiet, as I’d expected. Cool, fresh air, dramatic sky, but few bird species. Still a lovely morning.

On our return, only about a hundred yards from the truck, I noticed a bunch of little birds poking about in a couple hardwoods above the trail. First one I spotted was a Northern Parula. And for the next maybe ten minutes, Jack waited patiently while I stood there snapping photos of birds. Added eight species to my list during those minutes.

Not long after our return home, it began to rain. All day, pretty much—and pretty hard at times. Supposed to continue off and on until morning.

Real good to have the rain.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 6:59 a.m., I hiked all trails.

1. Wild Turkey
2. American Crow*
3. Veery (v)
4. Blue Jay (v)
5. Eastern Towhee**
6. Black-capped Chickadee**
7. Song Sparrow
8. American Goldfinch
9. Gray Catbird
10. Common Yellowthroat (v)
11. Red-bellied Woodpecker (v)
12. Yellow-rumped Warbler (v)
13. Hermit Thrush
14. Field Sparrow
15. Purple Finch (v)
16. Eastern Phoebe
17. Northern Parula
18. Eastern Bluebird (v)
19. Red-breasted Nuthatch
20. Chipping Sparrow
21. Nashville Warbler
22. Alder Flycatcher
23. Tufted Titmouse (v)

Elsewhere

24. Carolina Wren (v)
25. Herring Gull

Mammals

Eastern Chipmunk (v)
Eastern Gray Squirrel

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

†First-of-year

Foggy Day Photos

Saturday, May 6th, 2017

White-throated Sparrow, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 06 May 2017.

White-throated Sparrow.

Yellow-rumped warbler, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 06 May 2017.

Yellow-rumped warbler.

Cooper’s Hawk, Rockport, Maine, 06 May 2017.

Cooper’s Hawk.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:30 a.m., I hiked all trails.

1. Ovenbird
2. American Goldfinch
3. Eastern Phoebe
4. Black-and-white Warbler
5. Gray Catbird
6. Eastern Towhee
7. Herring Gull
8. Yellow-rumped Warbler
9. White-throated Sparrow
10. Purple Finch
11. Common Yellowthroat
12. American Robin
13. American Crow
14. Hermit Thrush
15. Song Sparrow
16. Black-capped Chickadee
17. American Kestrel
18. Tree Swallow
19. Savannah Sparrow
20. Northern Cardinal
21. Northern Flicker
22. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
23. White-breasted Nuthatch
24. Chipping Sparrow
25. Tufted Titmouse

Elsewhere

26. Cooper’s Hawk
27. Rock Pigeon
28. House Sparrow

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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