The forecast was for an overcast sky, but the morning brought cloudlessness and bright sun. A yellow sort of day—with goldfinches, Yellow Warblers, Common Yellowthroats, and Tiger Swallowtailbutterflies.
A new moon day, with a full solar eclipse happening in Chile somewhere. A day with scattered afternoon thudnershowers here along the shore.
(I love thundershowers. We don’t have very many here on the 44th parallel.)
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Veery (v)
2. Eastern Phoebe**
3. Tufted Titmouse (v)
4. Ovenbird (v)
5. American Redstart (v)
6. Chestnut-sided Warbler
7. Common Yellowthroat** (v)
8. Northern Cardinal (v)
9. American Crow*
10. American Goldfinch
11. Song Sparrow**
12. Alder Flycatcher (v)
13. Tree Swallow
14. Field Sparrow (v)
15. Gray Catbird** (v)
16. Eastern Towhee
17. Nashville Warbler (v)
18. Purple Finch (v)
19. Red-eyed Vireo (v)
20. Chipping Sparrow
21. Cedar Waxwing
22. Yellow Warbler
Elsewhere
23. Herring Gull
24. House Sparrow
25. Mourning Dove
26. Rock Pigeon
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, field sparrow, gray catbird, herring gull, house sparrow, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern cardinal, ovenbird, purple finch, red-eyed vireo, rock pigeon, song sparrow, tree swallow, tufted titmouse, veery, yellow warbler
