Eastern bluebird.
Misty morning, cloudy day, foggy afternoon. Awoke to a chill that did not go away. Had a 7 a.m. appointment, then had urgent desk work, then had to run errands. By late in the day, when Jack and I managed to hit Beech Hill finally, the day had gone sort of gloomy. Birds were around, but they were hiding out. About half way up the lower wooded trail, I heard a tanager. We veered off and down into an open area of tall trees and old criss-crossing stone walls in pursuit.
Chipping sparrow.
Probably spent twenty minutes looking for the bird, but when at last our path toward its voice was blocked by a big patch of poison ivy, we turned around.
Yellowthroats scolding at the foggy summit. Bluebirds down in the lower blueberry fields. Chipping sparrows with noisy fledglings.
A flicker on the upper wooded trail.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 4:30 p.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Red-eyed vireo** (v)
2. Ovenbird**
3. Common yellowthroat**
4. Chestnut-sided warbler (v)
5. Hermit thrush (v)
6. Veery
7. Eastern wood-pewee (v)
8. American redstart (v)
9. Gray catbird**
10. Scarlet tanager (v)
11. Blue jay** (v)
12. Black-throated green warbler (v)
13. Black-capped chickadee
14. American crow* (v)
15. American robin**
16. Eastern towhee
17. Alder flycatcher (v)
18. House finch**
19. Savannah sparrow
20. Song sparrow**
21. Yellow warbler**
22. Mourning dove*
23. Purple finch (v)
24. Eastern bluebird
25. White-breasted nuthatch (v)
26. Chipping sparrow
27. Field sparrow (v)
28. American goldfinch (v)
29. Herring gull* (v)
30. Northern flicker
Elsewhere
31. Northern cardinal
32. European starling
33. Rock pigeon
34. Common grackle
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common grackle, common yellowthroat, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, European starling, field sparrow, gray catbird, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, ovenbird, purple finch, red-eyed vireo, rock pigeon, savannah sparrow, scarlet tanager, song sparrow, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow warbler
