Chestnut-sided warbler (juvenile).
This lovely day developed a hazy overcast by the end of it. Still lovely, though. I worked at the kitchen table, grocery shopped, returned to work at the kitchen table some more. Then Jack and I took our daily hike.
Very quiet up there this early evening. Right away, however, I managed to sneak up on a little chestnut-sided warbler family, including two or three youngsters. They were foraging not eight or ten feet from us. We just stood there silently, as I tried for photos. Nothing spectacular, alas, but at least you can see what one looked like.
Not much else up there except a few people a dog, and nice view, and the croak of a raven.
Incidentally, I had a report from my friend Mark that he’d taken a late visit Beech Hill yesterday—right around sunset—and both saw and heard a whip-poor-will fluttering around down by the road. Big news, to me: a couple-three decades ago, the species was quite common hereabouts, but I’ve only heard one in a least a dozen years.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 5:15 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. American crow*
2. Chestnut-sided warbler
3. Gray catbird**
4. Cedar waxwing
5. Common yellowthroat (v)
6. Common raven (v)
7. Northern cardinal (v)
Elsewhere
8. Herring gull
9. Mourning dove
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, common raven, common yellowthroat, gray catbird, herring gull, mourning dove, northern cardinal
