Savannah sparrow.
Up and to Beech Hill early—but without Jack for a change. [Did some shooting of my book trailer, which involved another dog.] Misty and damp first thing, but with plenty of birds about. I didn’t start keeping good track, though, until I returned with dog at 9:30. The sun had come out by then, and things had warmed into the upper-60s (F). First, we met a birding couple, the Smiths. Then we ran into members of a birding party (Mid-Coast Audubon and Coastal Mountains Land Trust). Then we saw a bunch of hawks—several of them broad-wings—and some randy Savannah sparrows.
Black-and-white warbler.
Spent nearly all the morning on the hill today, walking all trails. Then, this afternoon, I took a fast bike ride.
And now, this evening, I’m ready to hit the sack.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 6:45 a.m.—and again at 9:30 a.m.—I hiked all trails.
Note: not in order of sighting (for a change).
1. Great blue heron
2. Turkey vulture
3. Sharp-shinned hawk
4. Broad-winged hawk*
5. Herring gull*
6. Mourning dove** (v)
7. Hairy woodpecker (v)
8. Eastern phoebe
9. Blue-headed vireo (v)
10. Blue jay
11. American crow*
12. Common raven
13. Tree swallow
14. Black-capped chickadee**
15. Tufted titmouse** (v)
16. White-breasted nuthatch (v)
17. Eastern bluebird
18. Hermit thrush
19. American robin*
20. Gray catbird (v)
21. Nashville warbler
22. Black-throated green warbler
23. Black-and-white warbler**
24. Ovenbird (v)
25. Eastern towhee
26. Chipping sparrow** (v)
27. Savannah sparrow
28. Song sparrow**
29. Northern cardinal**
30. Rose-breasted grosbeak (v)
31. Brown-headed cowbird
32. House finch** (v)
33. American goldfinch** (v)
Elsewhere
34. European starling
35. Common grackle
36. Osprey
37. House sparrow (v)
38. Golden-crowned kinglet (v)
39. Double-crested cormorant
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, blue-headed vireo, broad-winged hawk, brown-headed cowbird, chipping sparrow, common grackle, common raven, double-crested cormorant, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, European starling, golden-crowned kinglet, gray catbird, great blue heron, hairy woodpecker, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, house sparrow, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern cardinal, osprey, ovenbird, rose-breasted grosbeak, savannah sparrow, sharp-shinned hawk, song sparrow, tree swallow, tufted titmouse, turkey vulture, white-breasted nuthatch
