House Sparrow.

Dawn came a little earlier this morning, and the sun angled up over the ocean and out from behind a blanket of clouds. Warm still, albeit cooler than yesterday. Little birds around the back yard.

Mucky trail.

Got a bunch of desk work done, then took a late lunch break in early afternoon. Good hike; lovely, breezy, muddy hill. Not many birds up there, but a sizable flock of House Sparrows in the bushes down toward Camden Harbor—right by an empty parking spot. So I pulled over and snapped a few photos.

Jack got two or three biscuits from a fellow Beech Hill hiker and one at the bank. I ate a handful of almonds on our return.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 1:30 p.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. Black-capped Chickadee** (v)
2. American Crow* (v)
3. Tufted Titmouse* (v)

Elsewhere

4. Blue Jay (v)
5. White-breasted Nuthatch
6. Herring Gull
7. Rock Pigeon
8. House Sparrow

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