Coolish, breezy, sun emerging. This morning saw a convention of better than a hundred crows on the hill. Also a small migration of Cooper’s Hawks. And the twain met—in mildly dramatic fashion.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:15 a.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
2. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
3. American Crow*
4. Yellow-rumped Warbler
5. Song Sparrow
6. Northern Flicker (v)
7. Eastern Towhee (v)
8. Cooper’s Hawk
9. Turkey Vulture
10. American Goldfinch
11. Osprey
12. Downy Woodpecker (v)

Elsewhere

13. Blue Jay (v)
14. Northern Cardinal (v)
15. Herring Gull
16. Bald Eagle
17. Rock Pigeon

v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere

 

Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, bald eagle, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, cooper's hawk, downy woodpecker, eastern towhee, herring gull, northern cardinal, northern flicker, osprey, rock pigeon, song sparrow, turkey vulture, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow-rumped warbler

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