Warm day. Fifties (F), seems like (though I forgot to check for sure). Rained early, and I had a dentist appointment, so dog and I didn’t hit the hill until early afternoon. Nothing much up there then, so we also hiked the breakwater.
Plenty of seabirds out. Guillemots, grebe, scoter, eiders, gulls, long-tailed ducks, etc. Spotted a couple sunning seals also.
Odd, perhaps, but winter is my favorite season to hike the breakwater in.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 1:15 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Black-capped Chickadee** (v)
2. American Crow*
3. Snow Bunting (v)
4. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
Elsewhere
5. Herring Gull
6. Great Black-backed Gull
7. Common Goldeneye
8. Common Eider
9. Black Guillemot
10. Long-tailed Duck
11. Surf Scoter
12. Horned Grebe
13. Ring-billed Gull
14. Mallard
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, black guillemot, black-capped chickadee, common eider, common goldeneye, great black-backed gull, herring gull, horned grebe, long-tailed duck, mallard, ring-billed gull, snow bunting, surf scoter, white-breasted nuthatch