Sure enough, it warmed up today. Turned on the fans again. Rode twenty miles on my bicycle, got all sweaty. Then hiked Beech Hill with Jack and Boone. Just about nobody else up there—neither bird nor human.
Oh, I did see one guy (and dog), and another guy was sitting in his truck in the parking lot. And I did see jays and song sparrows and a phoebe.
It was up in the 80s (F), for sure. A haze hung over the bay.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 5:15 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Blue jay*
2. American crow* (v)
3. Song sparrow
4. Eastern towhee (v)
5. American goldfinch (v)
6. Yellow-rumped warbler (v)
7. Eastern phoebe
Elsewhere
8. Herring gull
9. Rock pigeon
10. Black-capped chickadee (v)
11. Red-breasted nuthatch (v)
12. White-breasted nuthatch (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, herring gull, red-breasted nuthatch, rock pigeon, song sparrow, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow-rumped warbler

