Beech Hill List Beginning at 7:30 a.m., I hiked all trails.
Calm day. Warmish. Mosquitos all over the place. Overcast, in the woodlands. Still I managed a decent list, managed, managed not to disturb any wildlife, managed a photo or two of birds on the hill.
1. Red-eyed Vireo** (v) 2. Ovenbird** (v) 3. Chestnut-sided Warbler** (v) 4. Tufted Titmouse (v) 5. Veery 6. Common Yellowthroat (v) 7. Black-and-white Warbler 8. Black-throated Green Warbler (v) 9. Eastern Wood-pewee 10. Nashville Warbler (v) 11. Blue Jay* 12. Eastern Towhee 13. American Crow* 14. American Goldfinch* 15. Alder Flycatcher 16. Song Sparrow** 17. Eastern Phoebe* 18. Pileated Woodpecker (v) 19. Gray Catbird 20. Yellow Warbler 21. Eastern Phoebe* 22. Tree Swallow 23. Eastern Bluebird 24. Herring Gull* 25. Black-capped Chickadee** (v) 26. Cedar Waxwing 27. Hermit Thrush 28. Northern Flicker (v) 29. American Robin (v) 30. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v) 31. Least Flycatcher
Elsewhere
32. House Finch (v) 33. Rock Pigeon 34. Common Grackle 35. Mourning Dove 36. European Starling
A sunny, warm, kind of glorious morning. Spring at last. A breeze rose in the fully-fledged trees, and the resulting hush obscured some birdsong—but I heard enough (and saw enough) to have a happy hike with dog.
Portrait of chestnut-sided Warbler.
Happiest occurrence: A Black-billed Cuckoo zipped up to a branch directly in front of us along the wooded trail and posed for photos. I rarely get to photograph these shy birds.
Back home, a curiosity: the call of a kingfisher where I’d never heard one before. Weird.
Beech Hill List Beginning at 8 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
What a lovely hike this morning. Overcast, partly sun, splash of sun, overcast. Multiple woodpeckers (including a sapsucker), pregnant doe browsing in daylight, raven carrying an egg. One of my favorite little collection of natural goings on.
Beech Hill List Beginning at 8 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Northern Cardinal (v) 2. Red-eyed Vireo** 3. Tufted Titmouse (v) 4. Ovenbird** (v) 5. Chestnut-sided Warbler** 6. American Redstart (v) 7. Veery (v) 8. Common Yellowthroat** 9. Eastern Wood-pewee (v) 10. Eastern Towhee 11. Brown-headed Cowbird (v) 12. Blue Jay (v) 13. Field Sparrow 14. Gray Catbird** 15. Pileated Woodpecker 16. Yellow Warbler (v) 17. Eastern Phoebe* 18. Tree Swallow 19. American Goldfinch 20. Alder Flycatcher 21. American Crow* 22. Cedar Waxwing 23. Common Raven 24. Chipping Sparrow* 25. Hermit Thrush 26. Black-and-white Warbler (v) 27. Black-throated Green Warbler (v) 28. Black-capped Chickadee (v) 29. Yellow-bellied Sapucker 30. American Robin (v) 31. Least Flycatcher (v) 32. Hairy Woodpecker (v)
Elsewhere
33. House Finch 34. Herring Gull
v = Voice only *Also elsewhere **Voice only elsewhere
