Philadelphia vireo.
Brilliantly sunny and cool, with a little breeze. When I took Jack out at midday when the temperature hovered in the mid-60s (F), I realized that not very many months ago I had stepped out into such temperatures thinking, Ahhh! Warmth! It’s all a matter of perspective.
Yellow-rumped warbler.
Busy day at the kitchen table, working alongside Sarah. Finally, toward late-afternoon, I took Jack up to Beech Hill, where somehow we ended up hiking all trails. But first, right in the parking lot just steps from my pickup, I saw a bunch of little birds flitting through the trees and counted a half-dozen species right away. Got three times that many eventually—including a surprise Philadelphia vireo hanging out with some yellow-rumps—the last of which was a nearby osprey that I heard but never did see. It must’ve been flying just above the treetops or something.
Chilly again tonight. Seasons changing. Birds moving.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 4:30 p.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Black-capped chickadee
2. Blue jay**
3. White-breasted nuthatch
4. American redstart
5. Black-and-white warbler
6. Tufted titmouse (v)
7. Gray catbird
8. Accipiter (sp.)
9. Song sparrow
10. American crow*
11. Yellow-rumped warbler
12. Northern flicker (v)
13. Philadelphia vireo
14. Golden-crowned kinglet (v)
15. American goldfinch (v)
16. Eastern phoebe
17. Cedar waxwing (v)
18. Osprey (v)
Elsewhere
19. House finch (v)
20. Herring gull
21. Canada goose
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: accipiter, American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, Canada goose, Cedar waxwing, eastern phoebe, golden-crowned kinglet, gray catbird, herring gull, house finch, northern flicker, osprey, Philadelphia vireo, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow-rumped warbler
