Common yellowthroat.
Today unfolded early, brightly, coolly. I enjoyed the heck out of my Beech Hill hike first thing with Jack—mosquitos be damned. At first the avian life was pretty scarce. I counted a half-dozen species by voice before I saw a single bird. By the time I counted a dozen, I’d seen exactly two. Finally, toward the summit fields, I began to see them flitting around.
Northern crescent.
Highlights were the call of a pileated woodpecker, the soft fluting of a bluebird, the lovely fragrant cool air.
In afternoon, I had a long, hard bike ride—made my legs sore and my body generally feel really, really good. Even added a few birds to my list.
Tonight, the moon rose far toward the south, skirting a collection of pink-tinged clouds.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:30 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Black-throated green warbler (v)
2. Red-eyed vireo** (v)
3. Common yellowthroat**
4. Ovenbird** (v)
5. American crow* (v)
6. Rose-breasted grosbeak
7. Black-capped chickadee**
8. Black-and-white warbler (v)
9. Eastern towhee
10. Chestnut-sided warbler
11. American redstart
12. Yellow warbler**
13. Alder flycatcher
14. Mourning dove* (v)
15. Hairy woodpecker (v)
16. Pileated woodpecker (v)
17. Tufted titmouse (v)
18. Gray catbird**
19. Purple finch
20. American goldfinch (v)
21. Song sparrow**
22. Savannah sparrow
23. Field sparrow (v)
24. Cedar waxwing
25. Eastern bluebird
26. American robin** (v)
27. Northern cardinal** (v)
28. Northern flicker
29. Blue jay
30. Eastern phoebe**
31. Eastern wood-pewee (v)
32. Scarlet tanager (v)
Elsewhere
33. House finch (v)
34. Herring gull
35. Broad-winged hawk (v)
36. House sparrow (v)
37. Common grackle
38. European starling
39. Osprey (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, broad-winged hawk, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, common grackle, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, European starling, field sparrow, gray catbird, hairy woodpecker, herring gull, house finch, house sparrow, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, osprey, ovenbird, pileated woodpecker, purple finch, red-eyed vireo, rose-breasted grosbeak, savannah sparrow, scarlet tanager, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, yellow warbler
