Northern Cardinal.
Song Sparrow.
Another captivating morning of birding Beech Hill.
18 April 2017—I must, however, edit out the rest of these brief musings (and fix my list), since today I realized I had mistaken a particular phrase of a tiny (but loud) Ruby-Crowned Kinglet for the song of a (louder, and quite different) Carolina Wren.
Embarrassing, since I grew up with Carolinas in my Austin backyard. I both birds sing rarely here, though. So there you go.
These are nonetheless exciting days.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. White-throated Sparrow
2. Eastern Phoebe*
3. Song Sparrow*
4. Northern Cardinal*
5. Eastern Towhee
6. American Robin*
7. American Goldfinch**
8. Dark-eyed Junco (v)
9. Blue Jay (v)
10. Black-capped Chickadee**
11. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
12. Northern Flicker
13. Wild Turkey (v)
14. Purple Finch* (v)
15. Tree Swallow
16. Eastern Bluebird (v)
17. Field Sparrow (v)
18. Brown-headed Cowbird*
19. Pileated Woodpecker
20. Yellow-rumped Warbler
21. Herring Gull*
22. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
Elsewhere
23. Pine Warbler (v)
24. Mourning Dove
25. Downy Woodpecker (v)
26. Chipping Sparrow
v = Voice only
*Also Elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year-bird
Brown-headed Cowbird (female).
Tags: American goldfinch, American robin, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, brown-headed cowbird, chipping sparrow, dark-eyed junco, downy woodpecker, eastern bluebird, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, field sparrow, herring gull, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, pileated woodpecker, pine warbler, purple finch, ruby-crowned kinglet, song sparrow, tree swallow, white-breasted nuthatch, white-throated sparrow, wild turkey, yellow-rumped warbler
