Broad-winged Hawk.
A working Saturday, followed by a warm (and solo, oddly) Beech Hill hike with Jack, during which I heard the distinctive, repeated cry of a Northern Bobwhite quail—a bird I had never before seen or heard in my thirty-five years in Maine. (Guessing it escaped custody.)
Blubes.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 5:30 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. American Robin* (v)
2. American Redstart (v)
3. American Goldfinch
4. Cedar Waxwing
5. Song Sparrow**
6. Red-eyed Vireo** (v)
7. Common Yellowthroat
8. Eastern Towhee (v)
9. Broad-winged Hawk
10. Herring Gull*
11. Gray Catbird (v)
12. Savannah Sparrow
13. Veery (v)
14. Field Sparrow (v)
15. Northern Bobwhite† (v)
16. American Crow* (v)
17. Mourning Dove*
18. Black-capped Chickadee
19. Black-and-white Warbler
20. Hermit Thrush (v)
21. Black-throated Green Warbler** (v)
Elsewhere
22. Northern Cardinal
23. Great Black-backed Gull
24. Red-winged Blackbird
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First of year [also first of hill—and, in fact, my first time listing this bird]
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, broad-winged hawk, Cedar waxwing, common yellowthroat, eastern towhee, field sparrow, gray catbird, great black-backed gull, hermit thrush, herring gull, mourning dove, northern bobwhite, northern cardinal, red-eyed vireo, red-winged blackbird, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, veery
