Yellow-rumped warbler.
Busy day. Work. Dog to vet. Other chores. Beech Hill at the end of it.
Hanging leaf.
Sunny, lovely, cool—but not so cool that I didn’t wear shorts and sandals again. Quite a few birds calling here and there (no true singing at this time of year). A bunch of yellow-rumps moving through, as expected. Saw a pair of yellowthroats and got a distant look at a phoebe or some other kind of flycatcher flitting about the little oak tree.
Met a fellow birder on the way up, and we chatted a while about species and migration and Monhegan, where I will be in a couple days (and which you can see floating on the southern horizon like a great, hazy whale).
Heard a pileated woodpecker. An osprey flew over. Heard a kinglet down toward the road.
Nice moon tonight. Getting that antsy autumn feeling that invigorates me so.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 5:30 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Eastern towhee (v)
2. American crow* (v)
3. Tufted titmouse (v)
4. American goldfinch
5. White-breasted nuthatch (v)
6. Black-capped chickadee**
7. Yellow-rumped warbler
8. Gray catbird (v)
9. Common yellowthroat
10. Flycatcher (sp?)
11. Northern flicker (v)
12. Pileated woodpecker (v)
13. Song sparrow
14. Osprey
15. Blue jay** (v)
16. Cedar waxwing
17. Golden-crowned kinglet (v)
18. Downy woodpecker (v)
Elsewhere
19. Herring gull
20. House sparrow
21. American robin
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, Cedar waxwing, common yellowthroat, downy woodpecker, eastern towhee, golden-crowned kinglet, gray catbird, herring gull, house sparrow, northern flicker, osprey, pileated woodpecker, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow-rumped warbler
