Warm to start under mostly cloudy skies—about room temperature out. Light winds, drier than in recent days. Thunderstorms forecast for this evening, though, so coming days will be wetter.
Invasive Brown-tailed Moths litter the trails these days—I suppose they live short lives in the moth stage, just long enough to lay eggs. The caterpillars really got me this year.
Birds were active, despite (perhaps because of?) the overcast. Most notable were a raven, a gull, and a juvenile Brown-headed Cowbird. (I’d rather have a brown-headed critter than a brown-tailed one any ol’ day.)
Might get wet tomorrow, dog and I. We shall see!
Beech Hill List
Starting at 7:06 a.m. EST (8:06 DST), I hiked all trails.
1. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (drumming)
2. Red-eyed Vireo** (v)
3. Ovenbird**
4. Tufted Titmouse (v)
5. Eastern Phoebe
6. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
7. American Goldfinch
8. Brown Creeper (v)
9. Veery (v)
10. Hairy Woodpecker (v)
11. Eastern Wood-pewee (v)
12. Black-capped Chickadee**
13. Blue Jay (v)
14. Hermit Thrush (v)
15. Scarlet Tanager (v)
16. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
17. Black-and-white Warbler (v)
18. Gray Catbird**
19. Common Yellowthroat
20. American Robin*
21. Song Sparrow
22. American Crow* (v)
23. Yellow Warbler
24. Eastern Towhee (v)
25. Eastern Bluebird
26. Cedar Waxwing
27. Field Sparrow (v)
28. Purple Finch (v)
29. Mourning Dove (v)
30. Chestnut-sided Warbler
31. Downy Woodpecker (v)
32. Savannah Sparrow (v)
Elsewhere
33. Mallard
34. Herring Gull
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-capped chickadee, black-throated blue warbler, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, brown creeper, brown-headed cowbird, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, common raven, common yellowthroat, downy woodpecker, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, field sparrow, gray catbird, hairy woodpecker, hermit thrush, herring gull, mallard, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, ovenbird, prairie warbler, purple finch, red-eyed vireo, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, wild turkey, yellow warbler
