The wooded trail.
Clear day. Blue, blue sky. Bit of a breeze. Warm enough that I figured Jack and I would take the wooded Beech Hill trail today. Being on the north side of the hill, it was mostly slush, but that’s OK. Counted a few winter deadfalls, saw turkey tracks, noticed a few places where winter hikers veered off trail. Pretty quiet and birdless, but I did see a chickadee.
American robins.
Coming over the summit, I spotted a little hawk fluttering then wheeling, fluttering then wheeling. A sharp-shinned. Also saw distant gulls. Down at the other trailhead, I heard a flicker and the repeated barks of a daytime barred owl.
Robins on the sumac on our return. And the call of a mourning dove as we wrapped things up.
Worked up a good sweat. Long hike, nice day.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 3:45 p.m, I hiked all trails.
1. Black-capped chickadee**
2. Herring gull*
3. Sharp-shinned hawk
4. Northern flicker (v)
5. Barred owl (v)
6. American robin*
7. Mourning dove* (v)
Elsewhere
8. American crow
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American robin, barred owl, black-capped chickadee, herring gull, mourning dove, northern flicker, sharp-shinned hawk
