Yellow Warbler.
’Tis the nesting season hereabouts. In my early morning hike with dog, I came first upon an active Eastern Phoebe nest. Then I spied a female Black-throated Green Warbler hopping about in the greening tangles on the ground—and up she came with nest strands in her bill.
Ovenbird.
Not long after, I took note of an Ovenbird on a perch, an Ovenbird with a face full of the old gauzy bones of a hardwood leaf. Jus sitting there, waiting for Jack and me to split the scene.
And toward the summit, where the Yellow Warblers hang out, I spotted a female pulling scraps of fluff from a caterpillar tent—a practice I’ve seen before very near that same spot. When we stood dead still and waited for a few minutes for her to return, I happened to see another tent farther along the trail, and there she was over there. (Saw a Chestnut-sided Warbler using this trick, as well.)
All sorts of other nesting behavior goin’ on, too. Including—during a second hike in afternoon—a Savannah Sparrow singing from the peak of the roof of Beech Nut. Again. Third season in a row.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 6:45 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Ovenbird**
2. Red-eyed Vireo (v)
3. Black-throated Green Warbler**
4. Black-and-white Warbler (v)
5. Eastern Phoebe**
6. Eastern Wood-pewee
7. Veery** (v)
8. American Redstart** (v)
9. American Goldfinch
10. Chestnut-sided Warbler (v)
11. Common Yellowthroat
12. Mourning Dove*
13. Gray Catbird
14. Alder Flycatcher
15. Northern Cardinal
16. Northern Flicker (v)
17. Yellow Warbler**
18. Song Sparrow
19. American Crow*
20. Nashville Warbler (v)
21. Black-capped Chickadee
22. Tufted Titmouse
23. Field Sparrow
24. Chipping Sparrow
25. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
26. Brown-headed Cowbird**
27. American Robin
28. Osprey
29. Cedar Waxwing
30. Blue Jay
31. Purple Finch
32. Black-throated Blue Warbler (v)
33. Scarlet Tanager* (v)
And at about 2:30 this afternoon…
34. Great Crested Flyatcher** (v)
35. Broad-winged Hawk
36. Herring Gull*
Elsewhere
37. Laughing Gull (v)
38. House Sparrow
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated blue warbler, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, broad-winged hawk, brown-headed cowbird, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern wood-pewee, field sparrow, gray catbird, great crested flycatcher, herring gull, house sparrow, laughing gull, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern cardinal, northern flicker, osprey, ovenbird, purple finch, red-eyed vireo, rose-breasted grosbeak, scarlet tanager, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, veery, yellow warbler
