Warm and wet, high wind, a number of birds on the hill (including a Sharp-shinned Hawk following a flock of redpolls). But the nearest I got to bird life was in town: turkeys in my front yard and gulls at the grocery store.
Still, spring is shaping up nicely.
Beech Hill List Beginning at 8:45 a.m. I hiked the open trail.
1. Northern Cardinal** 2. Tufted Titmouse** (v) 3. Black-capped Chickadee (v) 4. American Robin* 5. Eastern Bluebird 6. American Crow* 7. Common Redpoll 8. Song Sparrow** (v) 9. Herring Gull* 10. Common Raven 11. Sharp-shinned Hawk 12. American Goldfinch (v)
Elsewhere
13. Wild Turkey 14. House Finch (v) 15. Mourning Dove 16. Ring-billed Gull
v = Voice only *Also elsewhere **Voice only elsewhere
What a fun morning. Spring surprises all over the place.
A surprise bluebird flitting over to a perch a few feet away from me. A surprise Eastern Phoebe popping up out of nowhere (first-of-year bird). A surprise pair of Yellow-rumped Warblers in the spruce grove.
Eastern Bluebird.
Also a big blackbird flock. Juncos all over the place. A flock of redpolls still.
(I was most surprised and impressed by the phoebe.)
Beech Hill List Beginning at 8:30 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Dark-eyed Junco** 2. Song Sparrow** (v) 3. American Goldfinch (v) 4. American Robin* 5. Eastern Bluebird 6. Tufted Titmouse** (V) 7. Black-capped Chickadee (v) 8. American Crow* 9. Downy Woodpecker (v) 10. Common Grackle 11. Common Redpoll 12. Pileated Woodpecker 13. Northern Cardinal** (v) 14. Yellow-Rumped Warbler (v) 15. Eastern Phoebe 16. Mourning Dove* (v) 17. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
Beech Hill List Beginning at 8:30 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
Song Sparrow.
Drizzly morning, little breeze, sparrows everywhere.
Mostly juncos, but many song sparrows, a white-throat, and a fox. Also several other species—flock of redpolls, fighting male bluebirds, robins galore.
Possible drizzle again tomorrow. Likely more sparrows, too.
1. Northern Cardinal* (v) 2. Dark-eyed Junco* 3. Black-capped Chickadee 4. American Robin* 5. American Crow* 6. Eastern Bluebird 7. Downy Woodpecker 8. Common Redpoll 9. Fox Sparrow (v) 10. Song Sparrow* (v) 11. Tufted Titmouse** (v) 12. American Goldfinch (v) 13. White-breasted Nuthatch** 14. Turkey Vulture 15. Herring Gull*
Elsewhere
16. Mourning Dove (v) 17. Rock Pigeon 18. White-throated Sparrow 19. Wild Turkey 20. European Starling
v = Voice only *Also elsewhere **Voice only elsewhere
