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Mammals, Birds, and Insects

Thursday, July 12th, 2018
Song Sparrow, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 12 July 2018.

Song Sparrow.

Lovely, cool, and bright first thing. Lots of birds and their fledglings about, mostly kept well hidden. Got a glimpse of a young robin and heard fledgling chippies and catbirds. Saw Eastern Chipmunk and American Red Squirrel; ran into the Snowshoe hare again coming up the hill. Waxwings were in the spruce grove, chasing down flies. Saw bees, wasps, dragonflies, and a Monarch.

Snowshoe Hare, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 12 July 2018.

Snowshoe Hare.

Mammals, birds, and insects.

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

1. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v)
2. Common Yellowthroat
3. Red-eyed Vireo**
4. Tufted Titmouse
5. American Goldfinch**
6. American Crow*
7. American Robin
8. Northern Cardinal (v)
9. Chipping Sparrow* (v)
10. Eastern Phoebe*
11. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
12. Mourning Dove (v)
13. Eastern Towhee
14. Eastern Bluebird
15. Chestnut-sided Warbler (v)
16. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
17. Alder Flycatcher (v)
18. Yellow Warbler
19. Barn Swallow
20. Song Sparrow
21. Field Sparrow (v)
22. Cedar Waxwing**
23. Gray Catbird**
24. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (v)
25. Veery (v)

Elsewhere

26. Ovenbird (v)
27. Herring Gull
28. Osprey
29. House Sparrow
30. Rock Pigeon
31. Great Black Backed Gull

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

Wasp, bee, and meadowsweet, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 12 July 2018.

Wasp, bee, and meadowsweet.

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