Couple of thrushes this crisp, cold, clear morning—robins and a Hermit Thrush. Also assorted sparrows, finches, warblers, woodpeckers. Quite a few migrants moving through.

For a hard-core birder, fall migration is a fun, surprising, always rewarding time of year.

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

1. Black-capped Chickadee**
2. American Robin
3. American Crow*
4. American Goldfinch (v)
5. Yellow-rumped Warbler
6. Downy Woodpecker
7. Dark-eyed Junco (v)
8. Northern Flicker
9. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (v)
10. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
11. Purple Finch (v)
12. Northern Harrier
13. Tufted Titmouse (v)
14. Red-breasted Nuthatch (v)
15. Eastern Towhee (v)
16. Gray Catbird  (v)
17. Song Sparrow
18. White-throated Sparrow (v)
19. Hermit Thrush
20. Red-eyed Vireo (v)

Elsewhere

21. Herring Gull
22. Turkey Vulture

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

 

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