Hermit Thrush.
After I awoke to the sun rising over the bay, fog settled in, and I hiked a misty hill. My hunch proved bogus: I do not have a cuckoo on my list today. What I did have was a bunch of birds posing for photos that I narrowly missed; at least I also some pose for photos that I didn’t miss. Here are a few of the latter.
Ovenbird.
Scarlet Tanager.
Savannah Sparrow in blueberries.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 6 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Mallard*
2. Ovenbird**
3. Common Yellowthroat
4. Red-eyed Vireo
5. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
6. Eastern Phoebe**
7. Tufted Titmouse**
8. Veery
9. Chestnut-sided Warbler
10. American Robin*
11. Black-capped Chickadee*
12. Eastern Towhee
13. Black-and-white Warbler
14. Blue-headed Vireo (v)
15. American Redstart
16. Hermit Thrush
17. Northern Flicker
18. American Goldfinch (v)
19. Gray Catbird**
20. Brown-headed Cowbird (v)
21. Northern Parula (v)
22. Song Sparrow
23. Field Sparrow (v)
24. Yellow Warbler
25. Tennessee Warbler† (v)
26. Savannah Sparrow
27. Blue Jay
28. House Finch**
29. Hairy Woodpecker
30. Chipping Sparrow** (v)
31. Northern Cardinal** (v)
32. Mourning Dove* (v)
33. Nashville Warbler (v)
34. Alder Flycatcher (v)
35. Scarlet Tanager
36. Black-throated Blue Warbler (v)
37. Blackburnian Warbler (v)
38. White-throated Sparrow (v)
39. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
Elsewhere
40. Herring Gull
41. House Sparrow
42. European Starling
43. Rock Pigeon
44. Osprey (v)
45. Common Grackle
46. Laughing Gull
47. Chimney Swift†
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird
Tags: alder flycatcher, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated blue warbler, black-throated green warbler, blackburnian warbler, blue jay, blue-headed vireo, brown-headed cowbird, chestnut-sided warbler, chimney swift, chipping sparrow, common grackle, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, European starling, field sparrow, gray catbird, hairy woodpecker, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, house sparrow, laughing gull, mallard, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern cardinal, northern flicker, northern parula, osprey, ovenbird, pileated woodpecker, red-eyed vireo, rock pigeon, savannah sparrow, scarlet tanager, song sparrow, Tennessee warbler, tufted titmouse, veery, white-throated sparrow, yellow warblert
