A sunny, warm, kind of glorious morning. Spring at last. A breeze rose in the fully-fledged trees, and the resulting hush obscured some birdsong—but I heard enough (and saw enough) to have a happy hike with dog.
Portrait of chestnut-sided Warbler.
Happiest occurrence: A Black-billed Cuckoo zipped up to a branch directly in front of us along the wooded trail and posed for photos. I rarely get to photograph these shy birds.
Back home, a curiosity: the call of a kingfisher where I’d never heard one before. Weird.
Beech Hill List Beginning at 8 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
What a lovely hike this morning. Overcast, partly sun, splash of sun, overcast. Multiple woodpeckers (including a sapsucker), pregnant doe browsing in daylight, raven carrying an egg. One of my favorite little collection of natural goings on.
Beech Hill List Beginning at 8 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Northern Cardinal (v) 2. Red-eyed Vireo** 3. Tufted Titmouse (v) 4. Ovenbird** (v) 5. Chestnut-sided Warbler** 6. American Redstart (v) 7. Veery (v) 8. Common Yellowthroat** 9. Eastern Wood-pewee (v) 10. Eastern Towhee 11. Brown-headed Cowbird (v) 12. Blue Jay (v) 13. Field Sparrow 14. Gray Catbird** 15. Pileated Woodpecker 16. Yellow Warbler (v) 17. Eastern Phoebe* 18. Tree Swallow 19. American Goldfinch 20. Alder Flycatcher 21. American Crow* 22. Cedar Waxwing 23. Common Raven 24. Chipping Sparrow* 25. Hermit Thrush 26. Black-and-white Warbler (v) 27. Black-throated Green Warbler (v) 28. Black-capped Chickadee (v) 29. Yellow-bellied Sapucker 30. American Robin (v) 31. Least Flycatcher (v) 32. Hairy Woodpecker (v)
Elsewhere
33. House Finch 34. Herring Gull
v = Voice only *Also elsewhere **Voice only elsewhere
First t-shirt day of the year, mosquitos be damned! A nice, warm, sunny morning with temperatures in the 70s (F). Birds were quiet (nesting) but active (food). Got a few photos. Woo-hoo!
Beech Hill List Beginning at 8:15 a.m., I hiked all trails.
Fun morning, Mostly sun, lots of safety gear And plenty of birds int the fringes. You have to work for an ID at this time of year, in this ecosystem, but I’ll just look forwar to trying.
1. Northern Cardinal** (v) 2. Red-eyed Vireo** (v) 3. Black-throated Green Warbler (v) 4. Common Yellowthroat** 5. American Goldfinch (V) 6. Tufted Titmouse (v) 7. American Redstart (v) 8. Hermit Thrush (v) 9. Black-and-white warbler 10. Chestnut-sided Warbler (v) 11. Pileated Woodpecker (v) 12. Veery** 13. Gray Catbird (v) 14. Eastern Towhee88 (v) 15. Eastern Wood-pewee 16. Alder Flycatcher 17. Nashville Warbler (v) 18. Song Sparrow** 19. Eastern Phoebe* 20. Tree Swallow 21. Field Sparrow (v) 22. Great Crested Flycatcher** 23. American Crow* 24. Common Raven (v) 25. Savannah Sparrow 26. Ovenbird** 27. Scarlet Tanager (v) 28. Least Flycatcher (v)
Elsewhere
29. House Finch (v) 30. Chipping Sparrow 31. Herring Gull
v = Voice only *Also elsewhere **Voice only elsewhere
