No robins at Beech Hill today. Weird. Not as windy as yesterday, but nearly as chilly. A snow surface frozen enough to walk on without slipping through. Still I feel like I’m eight feet tall on the trail up there.

Titmice singing at the post office again. Brilliant sun.

I understand there’ll be a lunar eclipse on the equinox. Soon liquidity will eclipse the ice and birdsong will eclipse the silence. First some snow this weekend, though, I hear.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 4:45 p.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. Black-capped Chickadee** (v)
2. American Crow*
3. Herring Gull*
4. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)

Elsewhere

5. House Sparrow (v)
6. Mourning Dove
7. Mallard
8. Rock Pigeon
9. Tufted Titmouse

v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere

 

Tags: American crow, black-capped chickadee, herring gull, house sparrow, mallard, mourning dove, rock pigeon, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch

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