31 July 2025

Misty Morn

Tuesday, June 20th, 2023
Red-eyed Vireo, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 20 June 2023.
Red-eyed Vireo.

Was supposed to rain much of this morning, but when I checked the weather radar, I only saw a few green patches. It was raining lightly when dog and I got to the trailhead, but within about twenty minutes, it’d stopped, and the rest of our hike happened in nearly calm air under a misty overcast. And birds showed up. Not as many as yesterday, but lots.

I heard the voices of youngsters, saw adults with beaks full of insect parts, saw a chipmunk that looked like somebody’s grandpa.

Most notable, however, might’ve been the vireo that posed for me.

Beech Hill List
Starting at 6:47 a.m. EST (7:47 DST), I hiked all trails.

1. Ovenbird**
2. Red-eyed Vireo
3. Chestnut-sided Warbler
4. Northern Parula (v)
5. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
6. Eastern Wood-pewee (v)
7. Song Sparrow
8. Veery
9. American Goldfinch
10. American Crow*
11. Eastern Towhee**
12. Alder Flycatcher (v)
13. American Redstart
14. Gray Catbird**
15. Yellow Warbler (v)
16. Eastern Phoebe
17. Black-capped Chickadee**
18. Black-and-white Warbler
19. Tufted Titmouse**
20. American Robin*
21. Cedar Waxwing
22. Hermit Thrush
23. Scarlet Tanager (v)
24. Common Yellowthroat (v)
25. Field Sparrow (v)
26. Eastern Bluebird
27. Blue Jay (v)
28. Turkey Vulture

Elsewhere

29. Mallard
30. Herring Gull
31. Rock Pigeon
32. Merlin

Mammals

Eastern Chipmunk

(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere

†First-of-year

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