Posts Tagged ‘Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (drumming)’
Wednesday, May 31st, 2023
Common Yellowthroat. Another Beech Hill hike without Jack-my-dog (again we walked from the house to the Wellness Trail later), which still seems extremely weird. However, a little excitement on the hill. For one thing, I counted thirty-six species today.
In reviewing this total later, I realized I’d skipped a number. However, I happened upon a blurry photo, quickly snapped, that showed a bird I could not identify. Checked with an expert ID friend, who pronounced it a female Indigo Bunting . Also got nice pics of a yellowthroat for a change and encountered a Snowshoe Hare.
Another sunny one forecast for tomorrow, but rain’s gonna come this weekend—and continue all the following week. (Frankly, we can use it.)
Beech Hill List Beginning at 6:00 a.m. sun time (7:00 DST), I hiked all trails, and then some.
1. Red-eyed Vireo**
Elsewhere
37. Mallard
Mammals
Snowshoe Hare
(v) Voice only *Also elsewhere †First-of-year
Tags: alder flycatcher , American crow , American goldfinch , American redstart , American robin , black-and-white warbler , black-capped chickadee , black-throated green warbler , blue jay , brown-headed cowbird , Carolina wren , chestnut-sided warbler , chipping sparrow , common yellowthroat , eastern bluebird , eastern phoebe , eastern towhee , eastern wood-pewee , field sparrow , gray catbird , great crested flycatcher , hairy woodpecker , hermit thrush , herring gull , indigo bunting , mallard , mourning dove , osprey , ovenbird , pileated woodpecker , red-eyed vireo , red-winged blackbird , rose-breasted grosbeak , scarlet tanager , snowshoe hare , song sparrow , tufted titmouse , veery , white-breasted nuthatch , yellow warbler , Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (drumming) Lists , Observations , Photo | No Comments »
Thursday, May 17th, 2018
Northern Flicker (female).
Eastern Towhee.
Coolish, overcastish. Not as active-seeming early (other than clouds of black flies—which, thankfully, don’t seem to bite me as often as they used to), but became so after a while.
Two first-of-year species (kingbird, black-throated blue). Nice spring smells. Greenery.
Driving home, I felt something crawling behind my right ear. Grabbed it off with thumb and index finger: a tick. Not a deer tick, a wood tick.
I love this day.
Scarlet Tanager.
Beech Hill List
1. Ovenbird**
Elsewhere
45. Common Grackle
v = Voice only *Also elsewhere **Voice only elsewhere †First-of-year bird
Ovenbird, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 17 May 2018.
Tags: American crow , American goldfinch , American redstart , American robin , black-and-white warbler , black-capped chickadee , black-throated blue warbler , black-throated green warbler , blue jay , blue-headed vireo , brown-headed cowbird , chestnut-sided warbler , chipping sparrow , common grackle , common yellowthroat , eastern bluebird , eastern kingbird , field sparrow , gray catbird , great crested flycatcher , hermit thrush , herring gull , mourning dove , Nashville warbler , northern cardinal , northern flicker , northern parula , osprey , ovenbird , pileated woodpecker , prairie warbler , purple finch , red-bellied woodpecker , red-eyed vireo , rock pigeon , rose-breasted grosbeak , scarlet tanager , song sparrow , tree swallow , tufted titmouse , turkey vulture , veery , white-breasted nuthatch , yellow warbler , Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (drumming) , yellow-rumped warbler Lists , Observations , Photo | No Comments »
Sunday, May 13th, 2018
Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
Raven in the blueberries.
Common Yellowthroat.
Eastern Phoebe.
Field Sparrow.
Blue Jay.
Black-and-white Warbler.
Beech Hill List Beginning at 8 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Ovenbird**
Elsewhere
41. Red-bellied Woodpecker
v = Voice only *Also elsewhere **Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow , American goldfinch , American robin , black-and-white warbler , black-capped chickadee , black-throated green warbler , blue jay , blue-headed vireo , broad-winged hawk , chestnut-sided warbler , chipping sparrow , common grackle , common raven , common yellowthroat , eastern bluebird , eastern phoebe , eastern towhee , European starling , field sparrow , gray catbird , great blue heron , great crested flycatcher , herring gull , mourning dove , Nashville warbler , northern cardinal , northern flicker , northern parula , ovenbird , pileated woodpecker , red-bellied woodpecker , rock pigeon , rose-breasted grosbeak , savannah sparrow , scarlet tanager , song sparrow , tree swallow , tufted titmouse , turkey vulture , veery , white-breasted nuthatch , wild turkey , yellow warbler , Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (drumming) Lists , Observations , Photo | No Comments »
Bird Report is a (sometimes intermittent) record of the birds I encounter while hiking, see while driving, or spy outside my window. —Brian Willson
