Chestnut-sided Warbler.
Noisy young Black-throated Green Warblers begging for food from busy parents high in a pine tree. Song Sparrows drawing a hiker and his dog along the trail and away from the young ’uns. Savannah Sparrows, their bills full of insects, chipping out notes of alarm from the topknots of shrubbery. Chestnut-sided Warbler fledglings hollering from trailside undergrowth. Juvenile bluebirds perched in small trailside trees.
Young Eastern Bluebird.
It’s a frantic world of birds on the 44th parallel just now—because in a few short weeks, they all head south for the winter.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 4:15 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Red-eyed Vireo (v)
2. American Goldfinch (v)
3. Black-throated Green Warbler
4. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
5. Song Sparrow
6. Purple Finch
7. Eastern Towhee
8. Cedar Waxwing
9. Common Yellowthroat
10. Downy Woodpecker (v)
11. Yellow Warbler (v)
12. American Robin
13. Gray Catbird** (v)
14. Mourning Dove (v)
15. Savannah Sparrow
16. American Crow*
17. Alder Flycatcher
18. Northern Cardinal (v)
19. Eastern Bluebird
20. Chestnut-sided Warbler
22. Northern Flicker
22. Veery
Elsewhere
23. Herring Gull
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Savannah Sparrow.
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, common yellowthraot, downy woodpecker, eastern towhee, gray catbird, herring gull, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, purple finch, red-eyed vireo, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, veery, yellow warbler
