Eastern Phoebe.
I’m presenting my Birds of Beech Hill slide show at Quarry Hill tomorrow morning, so I spent most of today updating photos and such. (There’s links to videos in there, too.) And that meant Jack and I didn’t get out of here until well after 5 p.m.—just about the time another wave of rain came through.
But you know what? When you’re alone on a green, green hill, and light rain is falling, and the fields and woods are fragrant, and when you walk under the low branches of trees the shade is dim and moody and reminiscent of the timeless natural places of fairy tales—when you do all that, there’s no better place, nor sweeter place, nor more perfectly naturally lovely place to be.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 5:45 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Eastern Towhee (v)
2. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
3. Chestnut-sided Warbler (v)
4. Song Sparrow**
5. Mourning Dove (v)
6. Yellow Warbler
7. Common Yellowthroat
8. Savannah Sparrow
9. American Crow* (v)
10. Red-eyed Vireo (v)
11. Eastern Phoebe**
12. Alder Flycatcher (v)
13. American Goldfinch
14. American Robin (v)
15. American Redstart (v)
16. Veery (v)
17. Gray Catbird (v)
18. Chipping Sparrow* (v)
Elsewhere
19. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
20. Herring Gull
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, gray catbird, herring gull, mourning dove, red-eyed vireo, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow warbler, yellow-bellied sapsucker
