A mild, mostly overcast morning on the hill leading up to a warm, sunny day. A goodly number of bird species, gangs of visiting tourists.
Fledgling time continues. Today’s posers: a mama finch feeding a fledgling. Also had nuthatches, sparrows—and heard the syncopated drumming of a sapsucker.
Tomorrow should be another good ’un.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:06 a.m., I hiked most trails.
`1. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (drumming)
2. Red-eyed Vireo (v)
3. Ovenbird (v)
4. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
5. Veery (v)
6. American Goldfinch**
7. Black-capped Chickadee
8. Chestnut-sided Warbler**
9. Common Yellowthroat**
10. Black-and-white Warbler
11. Gray Catbird
12. American Crow* (v)
13. Eastern Towhee
14. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
15. Red-breasted Nuthatch
16. Northern Flicker (v)
17. Yellow Warbler
18. Alder Flycatcher
19. Cedar Waxwing
20. American Robin*
21. Field Sparrow
22. Purple Finch
23. Mourning Dove
24. Eastern Phoebe
25. Mourning Dove
26. Savannah Sparrow (v)
27. Herring Gull*
28. Chipping Sparrow (v)
29. Hermit Thrush (v)
30. Tufted Titmouse (v)
31. Blue Jay
32. White-breasted Nuthatch** (v)
Elsewhere
33. Northern Cardinal (v)
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, field sparrow, gray catbird, hermit thrush, herring gull, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, ovenbird, pileated woodpecker, purple finch, red-breasted nuthatch, red-eyed vireo, savannah sparrow, tufted titmouse, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow warbler, yellow-bellied sapsucker
