Ovenbird.
Overcast early, with wet earth and dew. Dog and I dragged ourselves out and up Beech Hill anyway.
Actually, it’s never a drag. It’s a gas. And in fact, the overcast soon burned away and the sun came out.
Maple leaf.
Bird notes today: a pair of mallards have a nest somewhere right along Rockville Street, and often wander into the road; hummingbirds still around, but I only heard ’em today; Black-and-white Warblers are establishing territories, as are Ovenbirds; redstarts are calling like crazy; heard two Wood Thrushes; hearing Red-bellied Woodpeckers also.
Mammal notes: encountered a snowshoe hare on the upper wooded trail today, got a nice distant look at it through the tangles; encountered a doe on the main trail—right on the edge of the trail—before she bounded down and into a copse of trees. (I searched for a fawn but found none.)
The leaves sure get big in a hurry in mid-May.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:15 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Mallard
2. Ovenbird
3. American Robin*
4. Common Yellowthroat
5. Black-throated Green Warbler** (v)
6. Red-eyed Vireo
7. Eastern Towhee
8. Black-and-white Warbler
9. Veery (v)
10. Northern Parula (v)
11. Herring Gull*
12. Northern Cardinal**
13. Chestnut-sided Warbler
14. Mourning Dove*
15. American Redstart
16. Yellow Warbler**
17. Hairy Woodpecker (v)
18. American Crow*
19. Blue Jay
20. Brown-headed Cowbird (v)
21. Gray Catbird**
22. Ruby-throated Hummingbird (v)
23. Northern Flicker (v)
24. Song Sparrow
25. Wood Thrush (v)
26. Purple Finch (v)
27. Eastern Phoebe
28. White-throated Sparrow (v)
29. Alder Flycatcher (v)
30. Savannah Sparrow
31. Hermit Thrush
32. White-breasted Nuthatch
33. Nashville Warbler
34. American Goldfinch
35. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v)
36. Red-bellied Woodpecker (v)
37. Turkey Vulture
Elsewhere
38. Laughing Gull (v)
39. Rock Pigeon
40. European Starling
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsehwere
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-throated green warblerr, blue jay, brown-headed cowbird, chestnut-sided warbler, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, European starling, gray catbird, hairy woodpecker, hermit thrush, herring gull, laughing gull, mallard, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern cardinal, northern flicker, northern parula, ood thrush, ovenbird, purple finch, red-bellied woodpecker, rock pigeon, rose-breasted grosbeak, ruby-throated hummingbird, savannah sparrow, song sparroww, turkey vulture, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, white-throated sparrow, yellow warbler
