Cool again this morning, but breezier and clearer and warming up in a hurry. Birds about—reawakened after yesterday’s soaking rain. A few returning species, a few familiar friends, nothing particularly outlandish.
But the blue of the sky and a few juvenile bluebirds and late summer’s yellowish sun-color… It all added up to a pretty miraculous morning.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:33 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Red-eyed Vireo**
2. American Crow*
3. American Goldfinch**
4. Black-capped Chickadee
5. Eastern Towhee
6. Blue Jay
7. Veery (v)
8. Eastern Wood-pewee** (v)
9. Ovenbird
10. Gray Catbird
11. Common Yellowthroat
12. Northern Flicker
13. Red-breasted Nuthatch (v)
14. Broad-winged Hawk
15. Song Sparrow
16. Savannah Sparrow
17. Cedar Waxwing
18. American Redstart (v)
19. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
20. Eastern Bluebird
21. Tufted Titmouse
22. Chipping Sparrow
23. Turkey Vulture
24. Herring Gull*
25. Downy Woodpecker (v)
Elsewhere
26. Carolina Wren
27. Mourning Dove
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, broad-winged hawk, Carolina wren, Cedar waxwing, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, downy woodpecker, eastern bluebird, eastern gray squirrel, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, gray catbird, herring gull, mourning dove, northern flicker, ovenbird, red-breasted nuthatch, red-eyed vireo, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, turkey vulture, veery, white-breasted nuthatch
