Moon.
No bluebirds at Beech Hill today. Maybe because Jack and I got there fifteen minutes later than yesterday. Maybe because the batch we’d encountered the past few days had moved on. The sky sure was blue, though. And high up there in it hung a cool half-moon.
Birch.
There were other birds, though—including a little kinglet I watched flitting about the shady boughs of a pine tree. A few other hikers also, both human and dog. And the air was fresh and clean. And the temperature mild. The wind calm.
We’ve lived through a lovely string of blue-sky days.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 3 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Black-capped chickadee**
2. Tufted titmouse (v)
3. White-breasted nuthatch (v)
4. Golden-crowned kinglet
5. Northern flicker (v)
6. Blue jay (v)
Elsewhere
7. Herring gull
8. American crow
9. Rock pigeon
10. Ring-billed gull
v = Voice only
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, eastern bluebird, golden-crowned kinglet, herring gull, northern flicker, ring-billed gull, rock pigeon, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch
