Chestnut-sided Warbler.
The highlight of this morning’s hike came early: the busy work of a papa Chestnut-sided Warbler to feed his three fledglings, each at least twenty feet away from any other. The youngsters were loud, delivering double chip-chip! calls until Jack and I got close, when they’d shut up. Temporarily. Because if we stood very still for a while (we’re both good at that), they’d start up again. Then, after a while, when the adult returned and saw us, there’d come a series of single loud chip! notes, and they’d shut up again.
This papa bird was a busy one. It ain’t easy feeding fledglings.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:30 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Mourning Dove*
2. Red-eyed Vireo (v)
3. Black-capped Chickadee** (v)
4. Veery (v)
5. American Crow*
6. Field Sparrow (v)
7. Eastern Towhee
8. Song Sparrow
9. American Goldfinch (v)
10. Chestnut-sided Warbler
11. Gray Catbird
12. Yellow Warbler (v)
13. Herring Gull* (v)
14. Common Yellowthroat**
15. Common Raven
16. Northern Cardinal (v)
17. Cedar Waxwing
Elsewhere
18. Chipping Sparrow (v)
19. House Finch (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, black-capped chickadee, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common raven, common yellowthroat, eastern towhee, field sparrow, gray catbird, herring gull, house finch, mourning dove, northern cardinal, red-eyed vireo, song sparrow, veery, yellow warbler
