The day dawned with a sort of humid haze that lasted much of the day. Temps in the mid-50s (F) as dog and I started up the wooded Beech Hill trail. And there wasn’t much wind at all. I had no expectations—other than hoping for another first-of-year or two. Welp, I got three!
Right off the bat, I heard the voice of a Baltimore Oriole, which kindly flew up to a limb above us. Coming up the upper trail, I heard the voice of a Nashville Warbler. And at the summit, I heard—then saw—an American Restart.
Otherwise, we met five trail friends (and three dog friends) and oversaw the blooming blueberries and rhodora and little wild fruit trees.
Gonna be another good ’un tomorrow, I can just tell.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 6:18 a.m. sun time (7:18 DST), I hiked all trails.
1. Ovenbird**
2. Song Sparrow
3. Black-throated Green Warbler**
4. Baltimore Oriole†
5. Downy Woodpecker
6. American Goldfinch
7. Blue Jay (v)
8. Purple Finch
9. Chestnut-sided Warbler**
10. Northern Parula (v)
11. American Crow*
12. Brown Creeper
13. Black-and-white Warbler (v)
14. Eastern Towhee
15. Blue-headed Vireo (v)
16. Gray Catbird
17. Nashville Warbler† (v)
18. Tufted Titmouse (v)
19. Common Yellowthroat (v)
20. Black-capped Chickadee
21. Field Sparrow (v)
22. Yellow Warbler
23. American Robin
24. White-throated Sparrow**
25. Red-breasted Nuthatch (v)
26. Yellow-rumped Warbler (v)
27. Chipping Sparrow**
28. American Redstart†
29. Eastern Bluebird
30. Tree Swallow
31. Eastern Phoebe
32. Northern Cardinal (v)
33. Hairy Woodpecker (v)
34. Veery (v)
35. Northern Flicker** (v)
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, Baltimore oriole, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, blue-headed vireo, brown creeper, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, downy woodpecker, eastern bluebird, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, field sparrow, gray catbird, hairy woodpecker, Nashville warbler, northern cardinal, northern parula, ovenbird, purple finch, red-breasted nuthatch, song sparrow, tree swallow, tufted titmouse, veery, white-throated sparrow, yellow warbler, yellow-rumped warbler
