Great crested flycatcher.
Another rainy morning, but the sun did not emerge in afternoon this day—instead. a thick fog descended to within a few score feet of sea level. By the time Jack and I ended up at Beech Hill, it was late, foggy, muddy, chilly. I didn’t expect a very active day, birding-wise.
Highbush blueberry blossoms.
However, I saw or heard a surprising number of species. Nothing outlandish or new, but I did get a nice look at a great crested flycatcher down along the lower wooded trail.
Anyway, there’s something sweet and luxuriant about a chilly wet spring day like this. Water, liquidity, mud, viscosity—those are the things that, argulably, life is made of.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 5 p.m., I hiked all trails.
1. American robin**
2. Eastern towhee
3. Ovenbird** (v)
4. Purple finch (v)
5. Yellow warbler (v)
6. Chestnut-sided warbler
7. Chipping sparrow
8. Blue jay (v)
9. Eastern phoebe
10. Common yellowthroat
11. Herring gull* (v)
12. American crow*
13. Broad-winged hawk
14. Black-throated green warbler
15. Hermit thrush (v)
16. Tufted titmouse (v)
17. Wild turkey (v)
18. Great crested flycatcher
19. Black-and-white warbler (v)
20. Black-capped chickadee
21. American goldfinch
22. Rose-breasted grosbeak (v)
23. Gray catbird** (v)
24. Veery
25. Song sparrow** (v)
26. Northern cardinal** (v)
27. Nashville warbler (v)
28. American redstart (v)
29. Field sparrow (v)
30. Blue-headed vireo
Elsewhere
31. House finch
32. House sparrow (v)
33. European starling
34. Rock pigeon
35. Osprey
36. Mourning dove
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, blue-headed vireo, broad-wingedh awk, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, European starling, field sparrow, gray catbird, great crested flycatcher, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, house sparrow, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern cardinal, osprey, ovenbird, purple finch, rock pigeon, rose-breasted grosbeak, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, veery, wild turkey, yellow warbler
