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Posts Tagged ‘Tennessee warbler’
Saturday, September 12th, 2015
 White-throated Sparrow. Took a hike up Beech Hill with Jack-my-dog early today for a change. Sunny, chilly, bright, portentous. Jays, catbird, and then a flurry of activity in the greenery on the way up—a little flock of White-throated Sparrows, along with at least one Tennessee Warbler. The chilly temperature, the flurry of bird activity, the fact that it’s getting along toward mid-September—no doubt migration has begun.
 Beech Nut. This morning’s hike felt so good that dog and I took another one come evening. Still clear, still cool, still reminiscent of fall migrations past.
In a week or so I’ll be on Monhegan Island. Can hardly wait.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 10:30 a.m., and again at 5:45 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Blue Jay** (v)
2. Gray Catbird (v)
3. White-throated Sparrow
4. Eastern Towhee
5. Tennessee Warbler
6. American Goldfinch (v)
7. Cedar Waxwing**
8. Purple Finch
9. Common Yellowthroat
10. American Crow*
11. Black-capped Chickadee
12. Song Sparrow (v)
13. Northern Flicker (v)
Elsewhere
14. House Finch (v)
15. Herring Gull
16. Mourning Dove
17. Double-crested Cormorant
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, Cedar waxwing, common yellowthroat, double-crested cormorant, eastern towhee, gray catbird, herring gull, house finch, mourning dove, northern flicker, purple finch, song sparrow, Tennessee warbler, white-throated sparrow
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Friday, May 23rd, 2014
 Hermit Thrush. After I awoke to the sun rising over the bay, fog settled in, and I hiked a misty hill. My hunch proved bogus: I do not have a cuckoo on my list today. What I did have was a bunch of birds posing for photos that I narrowly missed; at least I also some pose for photos that I didn’t miss. Here are a few of the latter.
 Ovenbird.  Scarlet Tanager.  Savannah Sparrow in blueberries. Beech Hill List
Beginning at 6 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Mallard*
2. Ovenbird**
3. Common Yellowthroat
4. Red-eyed Vireo
5. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
6. Eastern Phoebe**
7. Tufted Titmouse**
8. Veery
9. Chestnut-sided Warbler
10. American Robin*
11. Black-capped Chickadee*
12. Eastern Towhee
13. Black-and-white Warbler
14. Blue-headed Vireo (v)
15. American Redstart
16. Hermit Thrush
17. Northern Flicker
18. American Goldfinch (v)
19. Gray Catbird**
20. Brown-headed Cowbird (v)
21. Northern Parula (v)
22. Song Sparrow
23. Field Sparrow (v)
24. Yellow Warbler
25. Tennessee Warbler† (v)
26. Savannah Sparrow
27. Blue Jay
28. House Finch**
29. Hairy Woodpecker
30. Chipping Sparrow** (v)
31. Northern Cardinal** (v)
32. Mourning Dove* (v)
33. Nashville Warbler (v)
34. Alder Flycatcher (v)
35. Scarlet Tanager
36. Black-throated Blue Warbler (v)
37. Blackburnian Warbler (v)
38. White-throated Sparrow (v)
39. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
Elsewhere
40. Herring Gull
41. House Sparrow
42. European Starling
43. Rock Pigeon
44. Osprey (v)
45. Common Grackle
46. Laughing Gull
47. Chimney Swift†
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird
Tags: alder flycatcher, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated blue warbler, black-throated green warbler, blackburnian warbler, blue jay, blue-headed vireo, brown-headed cowbird, chestnut-sided warbler, chimney swift, chipping sparrow, common grackle, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, European starling, field sparrow, gray catbird, hairy woodpecker, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, house sparrow, laughing gull, mallard, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern cardinal, northern flicker, northern parula, osprey, ovenbird, pileated woodpecker, red-eyed vireo, rock pigeon, savannah sparrow, scarlet tanager, song sparrow, Tennessee warbler, tufted titmouse, veery, white-throated sparrow, yellow warblert
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Monday, September 16th, 2013
 Tennessee warbler, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 16 September 2013. Rain this morning, and then it let up, and then it rained again, and then it stayed cloudy for most of the day. Sarah and Jack and I took a hike into the woods for a little private ceremony involving lost pets, then we drove around to the open Beech Hill trail. About that time, the sun emerged.
 Song sparrow (juvie). Not many birds in the woods or on the way up the hill or returning—until, back in the last stretch of greenery before the parking lot, we heard chickadees. Stopped, saw chickadees, then saw other little birds flitting about. One was a red-eyed vireo. I thought I saw a young chestnut-sided warbler, but I couldn’t be sure. I thought I also saw a yellow warbler, but I didn’t get a good enough look. One warbler, though, was cooperative enough to let me take photographs, but I had trouble identifying the bird from the photos later. Tennessee? Female black-throated blue? I finally decided it looked most like a fall and/or young palm warbler, but my friends Derek and Kristen both corrected my mistake in the realm of social media. I should’ve gone with my first hunch, turned out.
Tonight is really chilly—in the 40s (F)—but the sky is mostly clear again, and again I got a long look at the waxing moon.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 4:15 p.m., I hiked part of the lower wooded trail and the whole open trail.
1. Black-capped chickadee
2. American goldfinch (v)
3. Blue jay
4. Gray catbird
5. American crow* (v)
6. Song sparrow
7. White-throated sparrow (v)
8. Tennessee warbler
9. Red-eyed vireo
Elsewhere
10. Herring gull
11. Mourning dove
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, black-capped chickadee, herring gull, mourning dove, ray catbird, red-eyed vireo, song sparrow, Tennessee warbler, white-throated sparrow
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