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Posts Tagged ‘yellow-throated vireo’
Sunday, May 25th, 2014
 Red-eyed Vireo. It was raining lightly when Jack and I started up the wooded Beech Hill trail this morning, but we and the birds didn’t care. In fact, within about five minutes, it stopped, the sun poked through, and a rainbow appeared in the northwest sky.
Then the count began. Lots of different birds and species, quite a few warblers moving through still. In a hedgerow below the summit, I got close to photographing a Blackpoll Warbler for the first time—but those little suckers are elusive. However, as we neared Beech Nut, a hummingbird appeared out of nowhere and began to sip from pin cherry blossoms just a few feet away from us, and I managed to get a pretty decent video:
The sun stayed out for much of the rest of our hike. Back down in woods, I came upon a snake.
 Yellow-throated Vireo, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 25 May 2014. Birds were singing like crazy down in the bottomlands—Northern Parulas, a Black-throated Blue Warbler, Eastern Wood-pewees, Ovenbirds, Red-eyed Vireos, and a species whose voice I didn’t recognize. A loud, hoarse, vireo-style call. We went off-trail to get a peek.
I finally found the little bird flitting about high in the canopy: a Yellow-throated Vireo. First of the species I’ve ever seen up there. Cool. Plus, meantime, some friends found Maine’s first-ever Brewer’s Sparrow out on Monhegan Island. A day of firsts, I’d say.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 6 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Ovenbird**
2. Red-eyed Vireo
3. Northern Parula (v)
4. Chestnut-sided Warbler**
5. Common Yellowthroat**
6. American Crow*
7. Mourning Dove*
8. Gray Catbird**
9. Eastern Towhee
10. Black-throated Green Warbler
11. American Robin*
12. Veery
13. American Goldfinch**
14. Tufted Titmouse (v)
15. American Redstart**
16. Herring Gull*
17. Ruffed Grouse (drumming)
18. Canada Goose (v)
19. Nashville Warbler (v)
20. Yellow Warbler**
21. Black-capped Chickadee
22. Hermit Thrush (v)
23. Red-bellied Woodpecker (v)
24. Song Sparrow**
25. Black-throated Blue Warbler
26. Blackpoll Warbler
27. Blue Jay**
28. Ruby-thoated Hummingbird
29. Purple Finch*
30. Alder Flycatcher (v)
31. Savannah Sparrow
32. Eastern Phoebe
33. Mallard
34. Field Sparrow
35. Northern Flicker (v)
36. Brown-headed Cowbird (v)
37. White-throated Sparrow (v)
38. Broad-winged Hawk (v)
39. Scarlet Tanager
40. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
41. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
42. Eastern Wood-pewee (v)
43. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (v)
44. Yellow-throated Vireo
Elsewhere
45. House Sparrow
46. Chipping Sparrow (v)
47. Tree Swallow
48. European Starling
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird
 Red-bellied Snake.
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-capped chickadee, black-throated blue warbler, black-throated green warbler, blackpoll warbler, blue jay, broad-winged hawk, brown-headed cowbird, Canada goose, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, European starling, field sparrow, gray catbird, hermit thrush, herring gull, house sparrow, mallard, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern flicker, northern parula, ovenbird, pileated woodpecker, purple finch, red-bellied woodpecker, red-eyed vireo, ruby-crowned kinglet, ruby-throated hummingbird, ruffed grouse, savannah sparrow, scarlet tanager, song sparrow, tree swallow, tufted titmouse, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, white-throated sparrow, yellow warbler, yellow-throated vireo
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Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
 Yellow-throated warbler. Ever since I caught sight of my first yellow-throated warbler, I’d had a nagging wish to see it again but nearer and for a longer period—i.e., posing for a photo.
 Yellow-throated vireo. But first thing this morning, Kristen and I set off through rain toward Lobster Cove in hopes of spotting the yell0w-breasted chat everyone’s been talking about. After about five minutes, the sun emerged from behind a ceiling of clouds, and we grew hopeful. No chat, though. Nor any of the common warblers we hadn’t yet seen—black-throated green, black-and-white, black-throated blue. We did, however, see a nice aerial dogfight between a merlin and a peregrine.
Then a few of us trekked to the ballfield and around behind the school house and over to the Ice Pond on our mission for new warblers. Instead, we saw a dickcissel and an exotic sparrow or two.
No black-throated green, no black-throated blue. But we did hear from other birders that the yellow-throated warbler was still hanging around. Not until we were headed back for lunch and ran into Bryan Pfeiffer (of Vermont Bird Tours), did we think to take a little side trip along the harbor road to where we saw the yellow-throated yesterday. Sure enough, a couple noted birding experts had their binoculars trained up into some spruces, and before long we were staring ourselves up into a spruce above the road itself at the lovely little bird as it pecked around in the boughs. It lingered. It gave us some great looks. It didn’t seem to mind the little cluster of humans all observing it from just a few feet below. And I got some photos.
That made my day.
But the day wasn’t done: soon after, a couple hundred yards away, we were gazing up into an apple tree that contained a yell0w-throated vireo—another life bird for me. (Not one, but two yell0w-throated songbirds!) And then we saw a Tennessee warbler.
The weather was fickle, breeze and warm, overcast then sunny, a spattering of rain. Tonight the stars have emerged, and I hear the sound of the ocean out my window. Crazily, I ended up with the same number of species as yesterday.
I love this island.
 Brown creeper. Monhegan List
(Not in order of sighting.)
1. Mallard
2. Blue-winged teal
3. Common eider
4. Ring-necked pheasant
5. Northern gannet
6. Double-crested cormorant
7. Great blue heron
8. Osprey
9. Sharp-shinned hawk
10. Merlin
11. Peregrine falcon
12. Herring gull
13. Great black-backed gull
14. Black guillemot
15. Mourning dove
16. Belted kingfisher
17. Yellow-bellied sapsucker
18. Downy woodpecker
19. Northern flicker
20. Eastern phoebe
21. Yellow-throated vireo
22. Red-eyed vireo
23. Blue jay
24. American crow
25. Common raven
26. Black-capped chickadee
27. Red-breasted nuthatch
28. White-breasted nuthatch
29. Brown creeper
30. Carolina wren
31. House wren
32. Golden-crowned kinglet
33. American robin
34. Gray catbird
35. Brown thrasher
36. Cedar waxwing
37. Tennessee warbler
38. Yellow-rumped warbler
39. Yellow-throated warbler
40. Palm warbler
41. Blackpoll warbler
42. Common yellowthroat
43. Chipping sparrow
44. Clay-colored sparrow
45. Savannah sparrow
46. Song sparrow
47. Swamp sparrow
48. White-throated sparrow
49. Dickcissel
50. Rusty blackbird
51. Baltimore oriole
52. Purple finch
53. American goldfinch
 Tennessee warbler.
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, Baltimore oriole, belted kingfisher, black guillemot, black-capped chickadee, blackpoll warbler, blue jay, blue-winged teal, brown creeper, brown thrasher, Carolina wren, Cedar waxwing, chipping sparrow, clay-colored sparrow, common eider, common raven, common yellowthroat, dickcissel, double-crested cormorant, downy woodpecker, eastern phoebe, golden-crowned kinglet, gray catbird, great black-backed gull, great blue heron, herring gull, mallard, merlin, mourning dove, northern flicker, northern gannet, osprey, palm warbler, peregrine falcon, purple finch, red-breasted nuthatch, red-eyed vireo, ring-necked pheasant, rusty blackbird, savannah sparrow, sharp-shinned hawk, song sparrow, swamp sparrow, Tennessee warbler, white-breasted nuthatch, white-throated sparrow, yellow-bellied sapsucker, yellow-rumped warbler, yellow-throated vireo, yellow-throated warbler
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