Rained pretty good overnight (with a couple thunder boomers) and this morning, which delayed my daily hike with Jack until late. Expected fewer bird species, and got fewer—but still plenty of excitement. Especially dramatic was the little noisy parties of crows.
I counted eighteen crows down toward the field edges, most all of them calling and hollering and chasing each other around. My uneducated guess is that more than half were fledglings, from different nests, getting to know one another through play and vocalization and instruction from adults. Nowhere near as large a group as the crows’ dependable fall conventions—but noteworthy nonetheless.
All in all a lovely Saturday
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 10:31 a.m., I hiked most trails.
`1. Song Sparrow**
2. Red-eyed Vireo**
3. Ovenbird
4. Common Raven (v)
5. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
6. Northern Cardinal (v)
7. American Goldfinch**
8. Chestnut-sided Warbler**
9. Gray Catbird*
10. Black-and-white Warbler (v)
11. Black-capped Chickadee** (v)
12. Common Yellowthroat
13. Eastern Towhee
14. Northern Flicker (v)
15. Yellow Warbler
16. American Crow*
17. Cedar Waxwing
18. American Robin*
19. Field Sparrow (v)
20. Herring Gull*
21. Savannah Sparrow
22. Prairie Warbler (v)
23. Hermit Thrush
24. Turkey Vulture
25. Mourning Dove
Elsewhere
26. Eastern Phoebe
(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, common raven, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, field sparrow, gray catbird, hermit thrush, herring gull, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, ovenbird, prairie warbler, red-eyed vireo, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, turkey vulture, yellow warbler
