Buffleheads.

It’s a good thing we get Buffleheads in the off-season. This cold, breezy morning on the hill, with a fresh inch or two of snow everywhere, produced no bird sightings at all (although I did hear the voices of a couple). So I took a spin down to the harbor.

Sure enough, a bunch of species were hanging around the calm saltwater. Most photogenic among them was a little gang of little diving ducks.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:30 a.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. Black-capped Chickadee**
2. Common Raven (v)

Elsewhere

3. Herring Gull
4. American Crow
5. Mallard
6. Common Loon
7. Rock Pigeon
8. European Starling
9. American Robin
10. Bufflehead

v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere