This morning dawned sunny and cool. My first look out the window brought me face-to-face—well at a distance—with first-of-year Field Sparrow and Chipping Sparrow along with white-throats, songs, and and a cowbird. Such activity prompted an earlier-than-usual hike with Jack.
Not a disappointment: 21 species, including first-of-year Tree Swallows. Plenty of activity elsewhere, too, including a late-in-the-day (first-of-year) Double-Crested Cormorant flying over my back yard.
It’s happening.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:45 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Northern Cardinal** (v)
2. Song Sparrow*
3. American Robin* (v)
4. Tufted Titmouse** (v)
5. Chipping Sparrow†*
6. Brown-headed Cowbird*
7. Black-capped Chickadee** (v)
8. Turkey Vulture
9. Palm Warbler
10. Tree Swallow†
11. American Kestrel
12. Eastern Bluebird
13. Herring Gull*
14. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker† (drumming)
15. Northern Flicker (v)
16. American Crow*
17. Yellow-rumped Warbler
18. Purple Finch (v)
19. Eastern Phoebe**
20. American Goldfinch**
21. White-breasted Nuthatch** (v)
Elsewhere
22. Field Sparrow†
23. White-throated Sparrow
24. House Finch
25. European Starling
26. Double-crested Cormorant†
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American kestrel, American robin, black-capped chickadee, brown-headed cowbird, chipping sparrow, double-crested comorant, eastern bluebird, eastern phoebe, European starling, field sparrow, herring gull, house finch, northern cardinal, northern flicker, palm warbler, purple finch, song sparrow, tree swallow, tufted titmouse, turkey vulture, white-breasted nuthatch, white-throated sparrow, yellow-bellied sapsucker, yellow-rumped warbler
