The sun rose this morning, unobscured by fog. And the heat rose slowly, and birds were active—adults and youngsters alike. Fewer species than on recent cloudy days, but more photo ops.
Notable: a singing black-throated blue; a posing black-throated green; a posing flicker; three vultures; the first Broad-winged Hawk in a while.
Feels like true summer around here finally.
Beech Hill List
Starting at 6:30 a.m. EST (7:30 DST), I hiked all trails.
1. Red-eyed Vireo** (v)
2. Eastern Phoebe
3. Black-throated Blue Warbler (v)
4. Black-throated Green Warbler
5. Ovenbird**
6. Brown Creeper (v)
7. American Goldfinch**
8. Eastern Wood-pewee
9. Black-capped Chickadee** (v)
10. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
11. Eastern Bluebird (v)
12. Northern Flicker
13. Hermit Thrush (v)
14. American Crow*
15. Gray Catbird (v)
16. Eastern Towhee**
17. Common Yellowthroat
18. Song Sparrow**
19. Turkey Vulture
20. Yellow Warbler (v)
21. Field Sparrow
22. Herring Gull*
23. Cedar Waxwing
24. Northern Cardinal**
25. Chestnut-sided Warbler
26. American Robin*
27. Downy Woodpecker (v)
28. Purple Finch
29. Tufted Titmouse (v)
30. Broad-winged Hawk (v)
Elsewhere
31. Red-bellied Woodpecker (v)
32. Mallard
33. Mourning Dove
Mammals
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Butterflies
Monarch†
American Lady
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year
Tags: Americancrow, Americangoldfinch, Americanlady, Americanrobin, black-capped chickadee, black-throated blue warbler, black-throated green warbler, broad-winged hawk, brown creeper, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, common yellowthroat, downy woodpecker, eastern bluebird, eastern gray squirrel, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, field sparrow, gray catbird, hermit thrush, herring gull, mallard, monarch, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, ovenbird, purple finch, red-eyed vireo, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, turkey vulture, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow warbler
