House finch.

Another sunny morning turned into another sunny day. Crows were active, and a house finch sang ebulliently from across the road. Starlings burbled from the trees above the post office in town. In fact, the skaters at Chickawaukie Lake seemed oddly out of place. Why am I imagining a big ol’ April blizzard?

For a little while at evening, I watched Jupiter’s slow chase after Venus across the twilit sky.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 4:30 p.m., I hiked the open trail.

(No birds seen or heard on the hill today.)

Elsewhere

1. American crow
2. Herring gull
3. House finch
4. House sparrow
5. European starling
6. Ring-billed gull

Late-afternoon hillside.