30 May 2023

Posts Tagged ‘yellow-bellied flycatcher’

Swainson’s Thrush

Saturday, September 10th, 2022
Swainson’s Thrush, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 10 September 2022.
Swainson’s Thrush.

No clouds in the sky this fair morning, but a light wind blowing from the west. Few birds to start, but it seems at this time of year they’re moving around in the edges, readying for migration.

Most notable? A cooperative Swainson’s Thrush that posed for me. I’ve seen so few of these—maybe four or five, tops—that it’s still a thrill. Especially when I have photographic proof. Also noteworthy: another Yellow-bellied Flycatcher and a little wave of Yellow-rumped Warblers.

Nice species count today. What count might I have tomorrow? I wonder.

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

1. Northern Flicker (v)
2. American Crow*
3. Red-eyed Vireo
4. Black-capped Chickadee
5. American Robin (v)
6. Cedar Waxwing
7. Red-breasted Nuthatch**
8. Eastern Towhee
9. Gray Catbird
10. Swainson’s Thrush
11. American Goldfinch
12. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
13. Common Yellowthroat (v)
14. Blue Jay**
15. Yellow-rumped Warbler
16. Eastern Phoebe
17. Song Sparrow
18. Herring Gull*
19. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
20. Yellow Warbler
21. Savannah Sparrow
22. Tufted Titmouse (v)
23. Eastern Wood-pewee (v)
24. Pileated Woodpecker (v)

Elsewhere

25. Mourning Dove

Mammals

Eastern Chipmunk

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

†First-of-year

Social Life

Saturday, September 3rd, 2022
Cedar Waxwings, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 03 September 2022.
Cedar Waxwings.

This morning was much like yesterday morning: beautiful, cool (but not quite as cool), clear (but not quite as clear), and birdy (actually birdier).

Three woodpecker species, another tail-flicking Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Brown Creepers, another grosbeak, and a whole mess of waxwings. Nuthatches, four wood-warblers—just a real fun excursion.

Also had visits with a couple nice humans and dogs up there. (The hill is where our social life is, dog and me.)

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:40 a.m., I hiked all trails.

1. Northern Flicker
2. Downy Woodpecker
3. Hairy Woodpecker
4. Blue Jay
5. American Crow
6. Black-capped Chickadee
7. White-breasted Nuthatch
8. Brown Creeper
9. Red-eyed Vireo
10. Red-bellied Woodpecker
11. Red-breasted Nuthatch
12. Black-and-white Warbler
13. Eastern Wood-pewee
14. Gray Catbird
15. Eastern Towhee
16. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
17. Common Yellowthroat
18. American Goldfinch
19. Tufted Titmouse
20. Cedar Waxwing
21. Yellow-rumped Warbler
22. Eastern Phoebe
23. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
24. Song Sparrow
25. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
26. Yellow Warbler
27. Purple Finch

Elsewhere

28. Carolina Wren

Mammals

Eastern Chipmunk
Eastern Gray Squirrel

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

†First-of-year

Woodpeckers

Monday, August 29th, 2022
Hairy Woodpecker, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 29 August 2022.
Hairy Woodpecker.

A lovely morning—clear, with a bit of breeze, still greenery everywhere. Also birds, quite a few species. Among them three woodpecker species.

I do like woodpeckers. Love ’em, actually—their drumming, their unique method of hunting and dining, their calls, their bouncy flight. Today’s species were hairy and downy and red-bellied (in the reverse order). Others I see on the hill are pileated, flicker, and sapsucker. I love ’em all.

Today’s best woodpecker encounter was at the end of our hike, when dog and I stopped to admire the interactions of a little family of Hairy Woodpeckers—a chase, some vocalizations, some excavations.

In my world, a day without woodpeckers is just a little diminished.

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

1. Black-capped Chickadee
2. Red-breasted Nuthatch (v)
3. Ovenbird (v)
4. Gray Catbird**
5. Eastern Wood-pewee (v)
6. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
7. Tufted Titmouse (v)
8. Red-eyed Vireo
9. Downy Woodpecker (v)
10. Eastern Towhee
11. Common Raven (v)
12. Common Yellowthroat
13. Red-bellied Woodpecker (v)
14. American Goldfinch (v)
15. American Crow* (v)
16. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
17. Yellow-rumped Warbler
18. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
19. Cedar Waxwing
20. Song Sparrow
21. Blue Jay
22. Northern Cardinal**
23. Purple Finch
24. American Robin
25. Ruffed Grouse
26. Hairy Woodpecker

Elsewhere

27. Mourning Dove

Mammals

Eastern Gray Squirrel

(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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