Rain and wind this morning. Couldn’t find a break in the green on the weather radar, so Jack and I just headed up in it. Lots of fog on the hill blowing by in the southwest wind.
A few birds nonetheless—including a first-of-year towhee—but toward the end of our hike, when I heard a few crows mobbing something in the barrens over a little rise.
“I wonder if it’s a Snowy Owl,” I said to Jack.
And guess what? It was.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 9:45 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Song Sparrow*
2. American Goldfinch (v)
3. Eastern Towhee† (v)
4. Eastern Phoebe
5. American Crow*
6. American Robin (v)
7. Northern Cardinal (v)
8. Northern Flicker (v)
9. Tufted Titmouse (v)
10. Snowy Owl
Elsewhere
11. Herring Gull
12. Brown-headed Cowbird
v = Voce only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, brown-headed cowbird, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, herring gull, northern cardinal, northern flicker, snowy owl, tufted titmouse
