Pretty sure the bird in the photo above is a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. I don’t see this species often—in fact, I believe my first Beech Hill sighting happened in early September last year—but this particular bird happened to pop up right in front of me as dog and I were moseying along the upper wooded trail. If you’re patient, and attentive, and have developed sort of fine-tuned observatory senses, every now and then you get a gift like this.
Beech Hill List
Starting at 6:53 a.m. EST (7:53 DST), I hiked most trails.
1. Red-eyed Vireo
2. Black-capped Chickadee
3. White-breasted Nuthatch** (v)
4. Tufted Titmouse (v)
5. Black-and-white Warbler (v)
6. Blue Jay** (v)
7. Gray Catbird*
8. American Crow*
9. Eastern Wood-pewee (v)
10. American Goldfinch**
11. Brown Creeper (v)
12. Eastern Towhee
13. Cedar Waxwing
14. Common Yellowthroat
15. Eastern Bluebird (v)
16. Yellow Warbler
17. Song Sparrow
18. Eastern Phoebe (v)
19. Chestnut-sided Warbler
20. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher†
21. Northern Cardinal (v)
Elsewhere
22. Wild Turkey
23. Herring Gull
24. Laughing Gull
25. Osprey (v)
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year
Tags: Americancrow, Americangoldfinch, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, brown creeper, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, common yellowthroat, eastern bluebird, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, gray catbird, herring gull, laughing gull, northern cardinal, osprey, red-eyed vireo, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch, wild turkey, yellow warbler, yellow-bellied flycatcher
