Sharp-shinned Hawk.

Another early Beech Hill hike today with dog. Again a clouds-and-sun sort of day and a walk among other weekend hikers. as the sun rose, it warmed the eastern slopes and vegetation, as the breeze came from the west. Dozens of Yellow-rumped Warblers flitted among the bayberry, and a Sharp-shinned Hawk circled above the summit.

Distant barren.

The landscape just now looks like brush-strokes across a painter’s canvas, all red and green and gold. A late rain shower left a rainbow above the bay, and the horns of a crescent moon gave the darkening sky a thrill.

Even though, technically, autumn has a couple months to go, this sort of feels like fall’s last hurrah.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 10:45 a.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. Dark-eyed Junco
2. Black-capped Chickadee** (v)
3. Yellow-rumped Warbler
4. White-throated Sparrow (v)
5. American Crow*
6. Hairy Woodpecker (v)
7. Song Sparrow (v)
8. Sharp-shinned Hawk
9. Tufted Titmouse
10. American Robin*

Elsewhere

11. Herring Gull
12. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)

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