Clear and cool and breezy this morning—a fairly stout northwest breeze. Coming up the hill early, I didn’t expect to have many birds on my list. I was wrong.
Not only the usual suspects, but two first-of-year species (Palm Warbler and Hermit Thrush—first quay! note, then song), along with an extremely vocal raven. (I learned, in fact, that a raven can utter a series of distinctive clicks.)
And at home, a White-throated Sparrow singing a crazy, uplifting, non-standard white-throat song.
(Also a Barred Owl calling out my back window in the wee hours. Nearly forgot about that one!)
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:15 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Northern Cardinal* (v)
2. American Goldfinch (v)
3. Tufted Titmouse** (v)
4. Song Sparrow*
5. Eastern Phoebe**
6. American Crow*
7. Common Loon (v)
8. American Kestrel
9. Northern Flicker
10. American Robin*
11. Eastern Bluebird
12. Herring Gull*
13. Common Raven
14. Yellow-rumped Warbler
15. Palm Warbler†
16. Hermit Thrush†
17. Turkey Vulture
18. Black-capped Chickadee* (v)
Elsewhere
19. Barred Owl (v)
20. House Finch (v)
21. White-throated Sparrow
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American kestrel, American robin, black-capped chickadee, common loon, common raven, eastern bluebird, eastern phoebe, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, northern cardinal, northern flicker, palm warbler, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, turkey vulture, white-throated sparrow, yellow-rumped warbler
