Bohemian Waxwing.

Christmas Day began overcast, drippy, and warm—but by mid-afternoon the sky had lightened, and soon the clouds fled entirely. A brilliantly sunny afternoon. Jack and I took quick advantage.

Many other folks did, too, it being a holiday. We saw perhaps thirty humans and a half-dozen dogs at Beech Hill Preserve.

And a handful of Christmas waxwings.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 1:45 p.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. Black-capped Chickadee*
2. Bohemian Waxwing
3. Northern Flicker (v)

Elsewhere

4. Herring Gull
5. American Crow
6. White-breasted Nuthatch

v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere