Eastern Bluebirds.
Snow everywhere first thing today—but also sun, and warming temperatures, and calm winds, so much of it melted, the snow. Birds were active, including a pair of bluebirds I spied on one of the Beech Hill boxes. Never mind all the snow that surrounded them.
Spring in the Northern Hemisphere. A time to pair off, to yield to the primal imperative.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 9:15 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Tufted Titmouse (v)
2. Black-capped Chickadee** (v)
3. American Crow*
4. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
5. Herring Gull* (v)
6. American Robin*
7. American Goldfinch (v)
8. Northern Cardinal* (v)
9. Eastern Bluebird
10. Mourning Dove** (v)
11. Red-breasted Nuthatch (v)
Elsewhere
12. Rock Pigeon
13. Mallard
14. Bald Eagle
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, bald eagle, black-capped chickadee, eastern bluebird, herring gull, mallard, mourning dove, northern cardinal, red-breasted nuthatch, rock pigeon, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch
