
Up the trail early with dog on the mostly overcast morning of a day that would later find me down in a different town under a warm and sunny sky. Still many bird species on the hill, including an invisible Great Crested Flycatcher.
A lovely hike it was, then in afternoon I asked Jack to guard the house and headed with my expert gardener friend down to the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens for the first time. It was a very cool trip to a very cool place, with very cool botanicals and very cool birds of another feather—a soaring eagle among them.
I’d live this lovely June day over again if I could.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 6:38 a.m. sun time (7:38 DST), I hiked all trails.
1. Great Crested Flycatcher (v)
2. Ovenbird**
3. Red-eyed Vireo** (v)
4. Eastern Wood-pewee (v)
5. Black-and-white Warbler (v)
6. Blue Jay
7. Tufted Titmouse (v)
8. Song Sparrow*
9. Chestnut-sided Warbler**
10. Veery (v)
11. Hairy Woodpecker (v)
12. Black-capped Chickadee
13. American Goldfinch (v)
14. Eastern Towhee
15. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
16. Hermit Thrush (v)
17. Gray Catbird*
18. Common Yellowthroat (v)
19. Pileated Woodpecker (drumming)
20. Field Sparrow (v)
21. Alder Flycatcher
22. Yellow Warbler** (v)
23. Herring Gull*
24. American Redstart (v)
25. Eastern Bluebird
26. Eastern Phoebe
27. Savannah Sparrow
28. Mourning Dove* (v)
29. Turkey Vulture
30. American Robin**
31. Red-winged Blackbird (v)
32. Chipping Sparrow (v)
33. Blue-headed Vireo** (v)
34. American Crow*
Elsewhere
35. Common Grackle
36. House Sparrow
37. Osprey
38. Bald Eagle
39. Laughing Gull
40. Northern Parula (v)
41. Pine Warbler (v)
Mammals
Eastern Chipmunk
American Red Squirrel
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American red squirrel, American redstart, American robin, bald eagle, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, blue-headed vireo, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common grackle, common yellowthroat, eastern bluebird, eastern chipmunk, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, field sparrow, gray catbird, great crested flycatcher, hairy woodpecker, hermit thrush, herring gull, house sparrow, laughing gull, mourning dove, northern parula, osprey, ovenbird, pileated woodpecker, pine warbler, red-eyed vireo, red-winged blackbird, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, turkey vulture, veery, yellow warbler