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White-throat Invasion

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2017
White-throated Sparrows, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 02 May 2017.

White-throated Sparrows.

White-throated Sparrow, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 02 May 2017.

White-throated Sparrow.

Drizzle and fog again this morn—along with flocks of White-throated Sparrows. Flitting through the trees, singing various versions of “Old Sam Peabody,” pecking about in last year’s fallen acorns.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:30 a.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. White-throated Sparrow
2. American Robin**
3. Eastern Towhee
4. American Goldfinch*
5. Song Sparrow**
6. Tufted Titmouse (v)
7. Northern Cardinal** (v)
8. Chipping Sparrow* (v)
9. Brown-headed Cowbird (v)
10. Blue Jay (v)
11. Purple Finch (v)
12. American Crow*
13. Tree Swallow
14. Eastern Phoebe (v)
15. Northern Flicker (v)
16. Savannah Sparrow (v)
17. Gray Catbird (v)
18. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
19. Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Elsewhere

20. Herring Gull
21. Rock Pigeon
22. Red-tailed Hawk
23. House Finch (v)
24. Downy Woodpecker

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

 

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