Savannah Sparrows again. I love them. I love their look (spiffy, kempt) and their behavior (secretive or conspicuous, depending) and their voice (so, so fine). This cool, breezy, cloudless morning on the hill, dog and I encountered the same bird at the same spot in most of the past several days. It perched, chipping its sharp chip-note, warning us and/or its young ’uns away. (In the background of my photo, a blur of orange-red as evidence of a Wood Lily).
Also, today, many other species. Wouldn’t mind a repeat of such a day tomorrow.
[Note: forgot to mention the monarch butterfly I spied flitting about the milkweed at the summit yesterday.]
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:22 a.m., I hiked most trails.
1. Black-throated Green Warbler
2. Red-eyed Vireo**
3. Ovenbird
4. American Crow*
5. American Goldfinch**
6. Eastern Towhee
7. Tufted Titmouse
8. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
9. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
10. Wood Thrush (v)
11. Veery (v)
12. Gray Catbird
13. Northern Flicker
14. Hermit Thrush (v)
15. Blue-headed Vireo (v)
16. Blue Jay (v)
17. Red-winged Blackbird (v)
18. Chestnut-sided Warbler
19. Common Yellowthroat
20. American Robin*
21. Alder Flycatcher (v)
22. Song Sparrow*
23. Field Sparrow (v)
24. Downy Woodpecker
25. Cedar Waxwing
26. Yellow-rumped Warbler
27. Yellow Warbler (v)
28. Savannah Sparrow
29. Herring Gull*
30. Common Raven
31. Turkey Vulture
32. Eastern Phoebe
33. Purple Finch
34. Hairy Woodpecker (drumming)
35. Black-and-white Warbler
Elsewhere
36. Northern Cardinal (v)
37. Mourning Dove
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American rogbin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, blue-headed vireo, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, common raven, common yellowthroat, downy woodpecker, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, field sparrow, gray catbird, hairy woodpecker, hermit thrush, herring gull, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, ovenbird, purple finch, red-eyed vireo, red-winged blackbird, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, turkey vulture, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, wood thrush, yellow warbler, yellow-rumped warbler
