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A few pictures

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014
Chipping Sparrow, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 03 June 2014.

Chipping Sparrow.

Black-capped Chickadee, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 03 June 2014.

Black-capped Chickadee.

Red-eyed Vireo, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 03 June 2014.

Red-eyed Vireo.

Eastern Towhee, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 03 June 2014.

Eastern Towhee.

Yellow Warbler, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 03 June 2014.

Yellow Warbler.

Beech Hill List

Beginning at 5:45 a.m., I hiked all trails.

1. Ovenbird**
2. Red-eyed Vireo**
3. Chestnut-sided Warbler
4. Veery (v)
5. American Robin*
6. American Crow*
7. American Redstart (v)
8. Tufted Titmouse (v)
9. Blue Jay**
10. Eastern Towhee
11. Black-capped Chickadee**
12. Alder Flycatcher
13. Common Yellowthroat**
14. Nashville Warbler (v)
15. Gray Catbird*
16. Hermit Thrush (v)
17. Common Raven (v)
18. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v)
19. Cedar Waxwing
20. Red-bellied Woodpecker (v)
21. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
22. American Goldfinch**
23. Song Sparrow**
24. Eastern Phoebe**
25. Savannah Sparrow (v)
26. Field Sparrow
27. Chipping Sparrow**
28. Yellow Warbler**
29. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
30. Mourning Dove*
31. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
32. Eastern Wood-pewee
33. Great Crested Flycatcher (v)

Elsewhere

34. Herring Gull
35. European Starling
36. Osprey
37. House Sparrow
38. House Finch
39. Rock Pigeon
40. Mallard

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

 

Old friend

Thursday, April 18th, 2013
American kestrel, Beech Hill, Rockport, Maine, 18 April 2013.

American kestrel.

Sunny and cool morning. Plenty birdy out. Clouds moved over later—and Jack and I hiked Beech Hill.

A birdy hill, too. The second voice I heard, in fact, was a first-of-year eastern towhee. Funny how, when I first hear this familiar call every spring, it takes me a moment to place it. Weep! Weep! And also a half-assed, Drink your… (no “tea!”). Lots of other birds up there, too, including more than one phoebe (already paired up, is my guess, from how they were making their faint little spring peeps). In the next birch up from one phoebe, I saw a larger —a kestrel. It flapped away into the little oak as we drew near.

Three hills, from Beech Hill, Rockport, Maine, 18 April 2013.

Three hills.

Then it posed for photos. A handsome, colorful male.

Also saw an osprey fly over, which is always nice. Plenty of other singing birds. They’re coming. Arriving every day. Pretty soon dog and I will be taking early hikes up the wooded trail each morning.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 4:15 p.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. Song sparrow* (v)
2. Eastern towhee† (v)
3. Mourning dove (v)
4. Black-capped chickadee** (v)
5. American crow* (v)
6. Eastern phoebe*
7. Northern flicker (v)
8. American robin* (v)
9. American kestrel
10. Herring gull*
11. Osprey
12. White-breasted nuthatch
13. Northern cardinal** (v)

Elsewhere

14. Tufted titmouse (v)
15. House finch

v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird

Turkeys crossing

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
Mallards, Beech Hill, Rockport, Maine, 27 March 2012.

Mallards at the “vernal pool.”

Sunny, coldish, windy. Eventually, I hiked Beech Hill.

Phoebe by the bay, Beech Hill, Rockport, Maine, 27 March 2012.

Phoebe by the bay.

But first, while at my desk, I caught sight of some movement out of the corner of my eye and looked out to see some good-sized turkeys working on crossing busy Route 1. Cars were zipping by—but somehow they slipped through, raced across my parking lot, and hurried single-file up the hill, spooking a robin.

Titmice, crows, a pair of house finches chasing each other across the blue.

High winds and cool temperatures (didn’t make it to 40 degrees (F)) when Jack and I started our hike late in the day. Surprisingly, within a few minutes, I already had two species: goldfinch and herring gull. By the time we reached the summit, I had four (crow and song sparrow). We met no one else on the hill today—unsurprisingly, considering the atmospheric conditions—but we did meet the phoebe that’s laid claim to Beech Nut. And the bright afternoon sun took the edge off a bit.

Back down the wooded slope, we looked for turkeys but saw none. Did hear chickadees.

But returning home on South Street, two big ol’ turkeys jumped out in front of us and I had to jam on the brakes. Then I saw where they were headed—about a dozen other birds were strutting and displaying on the grass of a secluded yard. It looked like a turkey sex party or something.

The wooded trail, Beech Hill, Rockport, Maine, 27 March 2012.

The wooded trail, Beech Hill.

Stars and planets and moon out tonight. The winds calmed some. No woodcocks that I could hear, though.

I hear there’s a chance of snow tomorrow.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 4:45 p.m., I hiked the wooded trails.

1. American goldfinch (voice)
2. Herring gull
3. American crow (voice)
4. Song sparrow (voice)
5. Eastern phoebe
6. Black-capped chickadee (voice)

Elsewhere

7. Tufted titmouse
8. House finch
9. Northern cardinal
10. American robin
11. Wild turkey

 
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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