Black-throated green warbler (juvie).
Busy Sunday. No desk work at all, but I’d run out of cat food, so I made a quick run to the grocery store before noon. Clouds loomed, interspersed by a little blue. Not much wind. Decided to ride my bicycle in early afternoon.
Chestnut-sided warbler.
Did that. Was a nice, long ride.
Then Jack and I took kind of an early (relative to recent ones) Beech Hill hike. Right away we met a pair of birders—and, I might add, dog-lovers—with whom we spent quite a while following warblers near the parking lot. (This, after watching a neighborhood cat catch a chipmunk.) Watched a little family of chestnut-sided warblers, a young black-throated green, what appeared to be another female Blackburnian. Also chickadees, titmice, vireos, catbirds, and a towhee.
Afternoon was sunnier. Toward the summit, we came upon more waxwings hunting flies. Also sparrows. Quite a few human hikers, as well.
And dragonflies.
And crickets.
On our return home, I mowed the lawn.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 3 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Gray catbird
2. Black-capped chickadee**
3. Tufted titmouse (v)
4. Chipping sparrow
5. White-breasted nuthatch (v)
6. Red-eyed vireo (v)
7. American goldfinch** (v)
8. Chestnut-sided warbler
9. Black-throated green warbler
10. Blackburnian warbler
11. Eastern towhee (v)
12. Cedar waxwing
13. American crow* (v)
14. Song sparrow
15. Savannah sparrow
16. Blue jay
Elsewhere
17. Herring gull
18. Rock pigeon
19. Northern cardinal (v)
20. Laughing gull
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blackburnian warbler, blue jay, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, gray catbird, herring gull, laughing gull, northern cardinal, red-eyed vireo, rock pigeon, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch
