Ruby-crowned kinglet.
Today turned out to be a similar day to yesterday—except that it rained and I only hiked Beech Hill with one dog this afternoon. Plenty of desk work, so it’s nice to have a quick hike nearby. Real nice. The nicest.
So we went and took a hike, Jack and me. It’s the only place we went today.
Birch, Beech Hill Preserve.
No one at the hill at all. It was drizzling. Quite a few birds in the drizzle—including a nuthatch, a titmouse, and a baby-voiced raven. Saw a couple of skittish sparrows on our way up, heard a flicker at the summit, saw another sparrow on the way down. Then, as we wound through the little copse of small trees near the parking lot, I saw a ruby-crowned kinglet.
Seems I’ve seen ruby-crowneds every two or three days for a two or three weeks. They’re moving through. They’re quiet at this time of year—they’re a fountain of song in spring—and they seem to like to poke around the remnant leaves for little bugs and spiders. Also, the flutter often. I’d love to get a photo of one fluttering.
Today, it being a gray day, I just got a couple photos of a kinglet perching. Although they never perch for long.
Kinglets, moving through.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 4 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. American crow*
2. Black-capped chickadee**
3. Tufted titmouse (v)
4. Common raven (v)
5. Blue jay
6. White-breasted nuthatch (v)
7. Song sparrow
8. Yellow-rumped warbler
9. Northern flicker (v)
10. Ruby-crowned kinglet
Elsewhere
11. House finch
12. Herring gull
13. Canada goose (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, Canada goose, common raven, herring gull, house finch, northern flicker, ruby-crowned kinglet, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow-rumped warbler
