6 November 2026

Solitary Monarch

Tuesday, August 15th, 2017
Cedar Waxwing (juvie), Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 15 August 2017.

Cedar Waxwing (juvie).

Breaking in a new camera today, gift from Canon, whose service technicians no longer work on my former model. Didn’t make time enough to figure out all the gazillions of settings, so this morning’s photos are a bit meh—or would’ve been had a solitary Monarch not saved the day.

Monarch on milkweed, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 15 August 2017.

Monarch on milkweed.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:45 a.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. Red-eyed Vireo (v)
2. American Goldfinch
3. Black-and-white Warbler
4. Black-capped Chickadee**
5. Northern Cardinal (v)
6. Blue Jay (v)
7. Tufted Titmouse (v)
8. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
9. Song Sparrow
10. Eastern Towhee
11. Gray Catbird**
12. Yellow Warbler (v)
13. Cedar Waxwing**
14. Northern Flicker (v)
15. Common Yellowthroat
16. Savannah Sparrow (v)
17. American Crow*
18. Baltimore Oriole (v)
19. Northern Parula
20. Alder Flycatcher
21. Yellow-rumped Warbler
22. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
23. Purple Finch
24. Yellow-billed Cuckoo (v)
25. Hermit Thrush (v)

Elsewhere

26. Mourning Dove
27. Herring Gull
28. Rock Pigeon

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

 

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