Sunny and cool to start this morning, with a bit of haze in the air. Very slight breeze. The birds were still pretty quiet—except, notably, for a raven loudly testing its various calls unseen in a tree on a rise.
Never saw the raven, but I got to see waxwings in a fly hatch again, and got a nice pic of a juvie bluebird.
Beech Hill List
Starting at 6:54 a.m. EST (7:54 DST), I hiked all trails.
1. Red-eyed Vireo** (v)
2. American Crow*
3. American Goldfinch
4. Black-capped Chickadee
5. Chestnut-sided Warbler
6. Common Raven (v)
7. Eastern Towhee
8. Gray Catbird
9. Broad-winged Hawk (v)
10. Eastern Wood-pewee
11. American Robin*
12. Common Yellowthroat
13. Cedar Waxwing
14. Eastern Bluebird
15. White-breasted Nuthatch
16. Field Sparrow (v)
17. Barn Swallow
18. Song Sparrow**
19. Eastern Phoebe
20. Hermit Thrush
Elsewhere
21. Northern Cardinal (v)
22. Mourning Dove
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, barn swallow, black-capped chickadee, broad-winged hawk, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, common raven, common yellowthroat, eastern bluebird, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, field sparrow, gray catbird, hermit thrush, mourning dove, northern cardinal, Red-eyed Video, song sparrow, white-breasted nuthatch
