Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:30 a.m., I hiked all trails.
I’m kind of partial to wood-warblers. They are the birds that lured me into the birding life nearly 40 years ago. How well I remember my first May in Maine, having moved here from Texas the year before, and the strange, unfamiliar birdsong that came from the leafing-out woodlands.
And how well I remember finding the tiny, colorful sources of that music: the wood-warblers. Sure, other birds were also revelations—Hermit Thrush, booming grouse, Eastern Wood-pewee—but it’s the warblers that snagged my like a fish on a hook.
Unfortunate analogy, but you get the idea.
Plenty of singing warblers this bright morning. And plenty more yet to arrive.
1. American Robin*
2. Black-throated Green Warbler
3. Ovenbird
4. Black-and-white Warbler
5. Northern Parula
6. Gray Catbird (v)
7. Eastern Towhee
8. Herring Gull*
9. American Crow*
10. American Goldfinch**
11. Field Sparrow (v)
12. Common Yellowthroat
13. Nashville Warbler
14. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
15. Song Sparrow** (v)
16. Tree Swallow
17. Blue-headed Vireo
18. American Kestrel
19. Tufted Titmouse (v)
20. Eastern Bluebird
21. Chipping Sparrow** (v)
22. Great Blue Heron
23. Osprey
24. Common Raven
25. Red-tailed Hawk
26. Eastern Phoebe
27. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
28. Northern Cardinal
Elsewhere
29. House Finch (v)
30. Mourning Dove
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American kestrel, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blue-headed vireo, chipping sparrow, common raven, common yellowthroat, eastern bluebird, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, field sparrow, gray catbird, great blue heron, herring gull, Nashville warbler, northern cardinal, northern parula, osprey, ovenbird, pileated woodpecker, red-tailed hawk, song sparrow, tree swallow, tufted titmouse
