Black-throated green warbler.
Our tilted planet,
its creeping warmth and sun,
paid off this morning,
big-time.
Chestnut-sided Warbler.
First came the voices
of birds in the greening canopy—
songs and notes that soon revealed
new first-of-year species had arrived.
And as the sun got higher,
the black flies got swarmier,
buzzing in swarms around dog’s and my heads.
Good sign.
Individual passerines
—warblers, vireos, thrushes, sparrows,
and even a pair of kingfishers—
flitted and chased,
wooed and mated
and fought tiny territorial wars.
I think I know where Ovenbirds will nest.
Northern Cardinal.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:15 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Ovenbird**
2. Black-throated Green Warbler**
3. Black-and-white Warbler*
4. Eastern Phoebe*
5. Tufted Titmouse** (v)
6. American Crow*
7. American Goldfinch*
8. Blue Jay**
9. Mourning Dove* (v)
10. Black-capped Chickadee*
11. Blue-headed Vireo**
12. Veery (v)
13. Eastern Towhee
14. Pileated Woodpecker
15. Northern Parula†
16. Gray Catbird**
17. Chestnut-sided Warbler**
18. Common Yellowthroat**
19. Northern Flicker*
20. Wood Thrush†
21. White-throated Sparrow
22. Nashville warbler
23. Yellow-rumped Warbler
24. Song Sparrow
25. Tree Swallow
26. Field Sparrow
27. Canada Warbler†
28. Herring Gull
29. Savannah Sparrow†
30. Red-breasted Nuthatch (v)†
31. Chipping Sparrow* (V)
32. Belted Kingfisher†
33. American Robin**
34. Common Raven
35. Purple Finch*
36. Pine Warbler* (v)
Elsewhere
37. Northern Cardinal
38. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
39. White-breasted Nuthatch
40. Downy Woodpecker
41. House Finch
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, belted kingfisher, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, blue-headed vireo, Canada warbler, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common raven, common yellowthroat, downy woodpecker, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, field sparrow, gray catbird, herring gull, house finch, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern cardinal, northern flicker, northern parula, ovenbird, pileated woodpecker, pine warbler, purple finch, red-breasted nuthatch, ruby-throated hummingbird, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tree swallow, tufted titmouse, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, white-throated sparrow, wood thrush, yellow-rumped warbler
