Common Yellowthroat (mama).
Such a sweet, clear, cool morning. Fledglings all over the place (but hidden); their parents madly running down food. But the most thrilling several minutes happened at the Beech Hill summit, where one of summer’s annual fly hatches took place up in the spruce grove, and it drew multiple species to the tips of the trees—including a male Scarlet Tanager.
Scarlet Tanager.
A memorable morning.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Red-eyed Vireo** (v)
2. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
3. American Goldfinch (v)
4. American Robin* (v)
5. American Crow*
6. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
7. Common Yellowthroat**
8. Northern Cardinal* (v)
9. Yellow Warbler (v)
10. Song Sparrow
11. Eastern Towhee
12. Red-breasted Nuthatch
13. Field Sparrow (v)
14. Eastern Phoebe
15. Alder Flycatcher
16. Mourning Dove* (v)
17. Cedar Waxwing
18. Eastern Bluebird (v)
19. Gray Catbird
20. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
21. Savannah Sparrow
22. Purple Finch
23. Yellow-rumped Warbler
24. Scarlet Tanager
25. Black-billed Cuckoo (v)
Elsewhere
26. House Finch (v)
27. Northern Flicker (v)
28. Herring Gull
29. Rock Pigeon
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-billed cuckoo, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, Cedar waxwing, common yellowthroat, eastern bluebird, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, field sparrow, gray catbird, herring gull, house finch, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, purple finch, red-breasted nuthatch, red-eyed vireo, rock pigeon, savannah sparrow, scarlet tanager, song sparrow, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow warbler, yellow-rumped warbler
