Summer field.
Summer arrived. And what a prototypical summer day: warmth, sun, greenery, flowers, butterflies birds.
The usual suspects at Beech Hill Preserve this midday, but running errands earlier I did have the unexpected sighting of a brightly singing bluebird high atop a tall tree just behind the bottle-redemption center.
Song Sparrow.
Also rode twenty miles on my bicycle. For the first time in more than three years (and about 4,000 miles), somebody passed me on Route 1—I think it was Lance Armstrong. Or if not Armstrong, certainly this guy was juicing. Also he kept running red lights and breaking other traffic rules. Ah, to be young and foolish again.
Dusk came late this evening. Guess it’s all downhill from here.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 12:15 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Red-eyed Vireo** (v)
2. American Redstart** (v)
3. Chipping Sparrow** (v)
4. Chestnut-sided Warbler (v)
5. Ovenbird (v)
6. Cedar Waxwing**
7. Song Sparrow*
8. Gray Catbird
9. Savannah Sparrow
10. Yellow Warbler**
11. American Goldfinch
12. Common Yellowthroat (v)
13. American Crow* (v)
14. American Robin* (v)
15. Alder Flycatcher (v)
16. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
Elsewhere
18. House Finch (v)
19. European Starling
20. Herring Gull
21. Eastern Bluebird
22. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
23. Northern Cardinal
24. Tufted Titmouse (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, European starling, gray catbird, herring gull, house finch, northern cardinal, ovenbird, red-eyed vireo, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, yellow warbler
