Crow and stream.
A gray morning, and kinda cold. A trio of Mourning Doves were stalking the back yard, and a crow dipped some unidentified morsel in the still-running stream. I’d heard rain was inbound, so Jack and I took a late-morning hike for a change.
Yellow-rumped Warbler food.
A few others had the same idea—squeeze in a walk up Beech Hill—but we only encountered one other dog. Not many birds up there. Began to drizzle just as we got back to the parking lot.
And then it did rain—and is still raining now, tonight. Might even get a little snow, so they say.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 10:45 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Black-capped Chickadee** (v)
2. House Finch (v)
3. Blue Jay (v)**
4. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
5. American Crow*
Elsewhere
6. Mourning Dove
7. Downy Woodpecker (v)
8. Herring Gull
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, downy woodpecker, herring gull, house finch, mourning dove, white-breasted nuthatch
