On the first day of spring, my true love (Nature) gave to me, a robin in a sumac bush. Also three woodpecker species drumming and calling, singing cardinals and chickadees and titmice, a pair of hopeful bluebirds, a nuthatch and warbler and gull—and a third-of-year Turkey Vulture.
The vulture kind of typified the day, soaring lazily as it did in the blue-blue morning sky, floating along in the leisurely wind, looking down on the rest of the birds and trees and rocks and slopes below.
To sum up this morning’s hike with dog: wonderful.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:09 a.m. (8:09 stupid DST), I hiked all trails.
1. American Robin**
2. Hairy Woodpecker (drumming)
3. American Crow*
4. Tufted Titmouse** (v)
5. Black-capped Chickadee
6. Downy Woodpecker (drumming)
7. Northern Cardinal** (v)
8. Eastern Bluebird
9. Yellow-rumped Warbler (v)
10. Turkey Vulture
11. Herring Gull*
12. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
13. Red-breasted Nuthatch
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year
Tags: American crow, American robin, black-capped chickadee, downy woodpecker, eastern bluebird, hairy woodpecker, herring gull, northern cardinal, pileated woodpecker, red-breasted nuthatch, tufted titmouse, turkey vulture, yellow-rumped warbler
