Ruby-throated Hummingbird.
Hot day. Humid. Late hike—late hot, humid hike. Good hike.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.
Sapsuckers still hanging around near the parking lot. Also a silent Eastern Wood-pewee. Furtive catbirds, three singing sparrow species (four if you count towhees). And as Jack and returned past the sapsucker trees, I happened to spot a Ruby-throated Hummingbird, a little female. She was checking out the sap.
Mowed the law when I got home. Finished right before big storm clouds rolled in. No thunderstorms yet, but they’re expected.
Cool.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 4:30 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Mourning Dove (v)
2. American Goldfinch**
3. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
4. American Robin (v)
5. Cedar Waxwing
6. Eastern Wood-pewee
7. Black-capped chickadee (v)
8. Red-eyed Vireo** (v)
9. Song Sparrow**
10. Eastern Towhee (v)
11. Common Yellowthroat (v)
12. Savannah Sparrow
13. Field Sparrow
14. American Crow* (v)
15. Gray Catbird*
16. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
17. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
Elsewhere
18. Herring Gull
19. Rock Pigeon
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-capped chickadee, cedar waxwinge, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, field sparrow, gray catbird, herring gull, mourning dove, red-eyed vireo, rock pigeon, ruby-throated hummingbird, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow-bellied sapsucker
