We must be under a high-pressure system here on the 44th parallel, ’cause I should’ve worn shorts and sandals on my midday hike at Beech Hill with Jack today. Also, butterflies, dragonflies, grasshoppers, and other late-summer insects were flitting and fluttering all over the place. Plus, we came upon a sphinx caterpillar.

Another kind of pressure is on, meantime: I have to find a place to live in about three weeks. Looked at a couple of promising places today—very different, but both nice. Ch-ch-ch-changes.

We shall see.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 1:15 p.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. American Robin (v)
2. Black-capped Chickadee**
3. Yellow-rumped Warbler
4. American Goldfinch (v)
5. Eastern Towhee (v)
6. American Crow*
7. Ruby-throated Kinglet (v)
8. Blue Jay** (v)

Elsewhere

9. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
10. Herring Gull
11. Rock Pigeon
12. Eastern Phoebe
13. House Sparrow
14. Dark-eyed Junco
15. Wild turkey

v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere

 

Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, dark-eyed junco, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, herring gull, house sparrow, rock pigeon, ruby throated kinglet, white-breasted nuthatch, wild turkey, yellow-rumped warbler

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