
Cool and bright this morning. The birds remain quiet for the most part, although occasionally I could spy a little warbler poking about in the canopy along the wooded trail. An Osprey soared over the barrens up top, and waxwings crowned the spruces, as usual these days.
Beech Hill List
Starting at 6:54 a.m. EST (7:54 DST), I hiked all trails.
1. Red-eyed Vireo** (v)
2. Blue Jay (v)
3. American Goldfinch
4. Common Raven (v)
5. Eastern Wood-pewee**
6. Tufted Titmouse (v)
7. American Crow*
8. White-breasted Nuthatch** (v)
9. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
10. Hermit Thrush (v)
11. Eastern Bluebird
12. Cedar Waxwing
13. Gray Catbird (v)
14. Eastern Towhee
15. Alder Flycatcher (v)
16. Herring Gull
17. Song Sparrow
18. Osprey*
19. Yellow Warbler (v)
20. American Redstart
21. American Robin (v)
Elsewhere
22. Mourning Dove
Reptiles
Red-bellied Snake
(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, blue jay, Cedar waxwing, common raven, eastern bluebird, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, gray catbird, hermit thrush, herring gull, mourning dove, osprey, Red-bellied Snake, red-eyed vireo, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow warbler