Boone is visiting this weekend, and Jack and I took him with us to Beech Hill early. Already the snowy landscape had been sun-warmed to the lower-40s (F), and there was just a touch of a breeze, so I figured it might be nice to get up there before the Saturday throngs.

Didn’t see many birds, but heard quite a few—including buntings, a raven, a goldfinch, a pair of singing titmice. In fact, the only bird I saw was a solitary chickadee.

Elsewhere, I heard a singing cardinal, a singing house finch, and a gang of house sparrows.

Otherwise, just a day spent with a couple good Australian cattle dogs.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:45 a.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. Black-capped Chickadee
2. American Goldfinch (v)
3. Tufted Titmouse (v)
4. American Crow* (v)
5. Snow Bunting (v)
6. Common Raven (v)

Elsewhere

7. House Sparrow (v)
8. Northern Cardinal (v)
9. Herring Gull
10. House Finch (v)

v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere

Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, black-capped chickadee, common raven, herring gull, house finch, house sparrow, northern cardinal, snow bunting, tufted titmouse

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