Gray Catbird (juvenile).
A warm, calm day. Similar to yesterday, weather-wise; dissimilar, bird-wise. Many more species today.
Clouded Sulphur.
Notable were three silent warblers, either fattening up or passing through, or both. Also a raven, croaking, flying of toward the bay. A young catbird on the trail. A family of jays cracking nuts. A robin.
Lots of butterflies and dragonflies still.
Four days until my annual pilgrimage to Monhegan—barely visible on the horizon through today’s haze.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 5 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Blue Jay**
2. Black-capped Chickadee**
3. Tufted Titmouse
4. White-breasted Nuthatch
5. Downy Woodpecker (v)
6. Nashville Warbler
7. Black-throated Green Warbler
8. American Goldfinch (v)
9. Eastern Towhee (v)
10. Gray Catbird
11. Song Sparrow
12. American Crow**
13. Common Raven
14. Cedar Waxwing**
15. American Robin (v)
16. American Redstart
Elsewhere
17. Herring Gull
v = Voice only
**Voice only elsewhere
Botanical.
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, Cedar waxwing, common raven, downy woodpecker, eastern towhee, gray catbird, herring gull, Nashville warbler, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch
