Had some things to do this early morning, so Captain Jack and I didn’t hit the trailhead until about an hour later than usual. It’d rained a bit overnight, and the trails were dewy—and the birds were bit quieter than in recent days.
However, over the course of our hike, birds did emerge. Quite a few species.
Notable: a Great Crested Flycatcher, chippie fledgling, a warbler wrangling a big moth. A loon in flight somewhere, a Rose-breasted Grosbeak—and the vocal House Wren is back.
We’ll do it again tomorrow, dog and I.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:24 a.m., I hiked most trails.
`1. Ovenbird (v)
2. American Goldfinch**
3. Red-eyed Vireo**
4. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
5. Wood Thrush (v)
6. Veery (v)
7. Chestnut-sided Warbler**
8. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
9. Common Yellowthroat**
10. Eastern Towhee
11. Gray Catbird**
12. American Crow* (v)
13. Yellow Warbler
14. Song Sparrow**
15. Great Crested Flycatcher (v)
16. Northern Flicker (v)
17. Cedar Waxwing
18. Downy Woodpecker (v)
19. Turkey Vulture
20. Chipping Sparrow
21. Field Sparrow
22. Northern Cardinal**
23. Prairie Warbler
24. House Wren (v)
25. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
26. Common Loon (v)
27. American Robin
28. Nashville Warbler (v)
29. Herring Gull*
30. Black-and-white Warbler (v)
31. Hermit Thrush (v)
Mammals
Eastern Chipmunk
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common loon, common yellowthroat, downy woodpecker, eastern chipmunk, eastern towhee, field sparrow, gray catbird, great crested flycatcher, hermit thrush, herring gull, house wren, Nashville warbler, northern cardinal, northern flicker, ovenbird, prairie warbler, red-eyed vireo, rose-breasted grosbeak, song sparrow, turkey vulture, veery, wood thrush, yellow warbler
