Common Raven.
Big rain last night. Kept waking up and listening to it in under this new roof. Also wind. Lots of electrical outages, so I hear, but we never lost power here. The stream out back was rapid.
Afternoon haze.
The rain let up in the middle of the day, and when dog and I stopped off at Beech Hill Preserve, ours was the only vehicle in the lot. We only saw a jogger up there, in fact, and a few birds. Notable: a couple Dark-eyed Juncos and a solitary raven.
The clouds blew away while we were on the hill. A warm day, though, with a southern wind.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 3:45 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Blue Jay*
2. Black-capped Chickadee**
3. White-breasted Nuthatch
4. American Crow*
5. Dark-eyed Junco
6. Common Raven
7. Tufted Titmouse (v)
Elsewhere
8. Herring Gull
9. Rock Pigeon
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, common raven, herring gull, rock pigeon, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch
