Common Raven (juvenile).
The sun and warmth of early summer
proved too tempting, so
I took an hour in afternoon
to go out cycling.
In the Route 1 shoulder, I came upon
the husk of a dead robin,
no doubt the victim of a car-strike.
And soon after, I rode between
a freshly road-killed squirrel
and a fearless crow that had stood
moments before on the white shoulder line
as cars streamed past
but flapped away at my approach
on a mere two wheels. Within an hour
I was at Beech Hill with my dog watching
young ravens out testing their wings.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 4 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Black-capped Chickadee** (v)
2. American Redstart**
3. Purple Finch (v)
4. American Crow*
5. Eastern Towhee**
6. Northern Cardinal** (v)
7. American Goldfinch
8. Chipping Sparrow** (v)
9. Common Yellowthroat** (v)
10. Song Sparrow**
11. Alder Flycatcher (v)
12. Tree Swallow
13. Common Raven
14. Yellow Warbler** (v)
15. Savannah Sparrow
16. Field Sparrow
17. Red-eyed Vireo** (v)
18. Cedar Waxwing (v)
19. Black-throated Green Warbler
Elsewhere
20. American Robin (v)
21. Eastern Phoebe
22. Herring Gull
23. House Sparrow (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, Cedar waxwing, chipping sparrow, common raven, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, field sparrow, herring gull, house sparrow, northern cardinal, purple finch, red-eyed vireo, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tree swallow, yellow warbler
