Cool day, quiet day. Birds are hunkered down (most of them), gearing up for the long trip ahead. Today a few Red-breasted Nuthatches moved through, singly and in pairs. Watched one pair chase each other, seemingly vying over the slim supply of caterpillars in particular a birch tree.

White-breasted Nuthatches are commonest in spring and winter, but the red-breasteds took this day.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:30 a.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
2. American Goldfinch (v)
3. American Crow*
4. Eastern Towhee (v)
5. Common Yellowthroat (v)
6. Song Sparrow
7. Red-breasted Nuthatch
8. Gray Catbird (v)
9. Cedar Waxwing

Elsewhere

10. Mourning Dove
11. Herring Gull
12. Rock Pigeon

v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere

 

Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, black-capped chickadee, Cedar waxwing, common yellowthroat, eastern towhee, gray catbird, herring gull, mourning dove, red-breasted nuthatch, rock pigeon, song sparrow

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