Common yellowthroat.
More rain overnight. Overcast, cool, foggy day. Busy time at the office. Late hike with Jack.
Black-eyed susan.
Lots of singing birds, several scolding bird parents, a few noisy fledglings, a solitary mallard flapping swiftly—and rather incongruously—close to the summit fields of Beech Hill.
Plenty of wood lilies dot the fields now, and blueberries continue to ripen (much to Jack’s delight). Took photos of a yellowthroat and a black-eyed susan. Yellow things.
Although we stuck to the open trail today, I still ended up with twenty-six birds.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 4:45 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. American redstart (v)
2. American robin**
3. Ovenbird** (v)
4. American goldfinch
5. Common yellowthroat**
6. Gray catbird**
7. Eastern towhee
8. Chipping sparrow (v)
9. Song sparrow**
10. Black-billed cuckoo (v)
11. Black-and-white warbler (v)
12. Field sparrow
13. Red-eyed vireo** (v)
14. Veery (v)
15. Cedar waxwing
16. Mallard
17. Savannah sparrow
18. Chestnut-sided warbler (v)
19. Black-capped chickadee (v)
20.Yellow warbler (v)
21. Mourning dove**
22. Northern cardinal (v)
23. Black-throated blue warbler (v)
24. Black-throated green warbler (v)
25. White-breasted nuthatch (v)
26. Eastern phoebe (v)
Elsewhere
27. House sparrow
28. Herring gull
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-billed cuckoo, black-capped chickadee, black-throated blue warbler, black-throated green warbler, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, field sparrow, gray catbird, herring gull, house sparrow, mallard, mourning dove, northern cardinal, ovenbird, red-eyed vireo, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow warbler
