A cool overcast this morning, with a slight breeze and moisture in the trees. Very quiet in the woods, a bit less so in the open fields. Most notable was an Olive-sided Flycatcher perched high atop a summit spruce and a hummingbird buzzing around my head along the leafy trail below.

Birds are moving around these days, with the time of fall migration approaching. Witness a bluebird and three robins in the woods.

Precipitation expected for tomorrow. I wonder what the day will bring.

Beech Hill List
Starting at 7:09 a.m. EST (8:09 DST), I hiked all trails.

1. Tufted Titmouse (v)
2. American Goldfinch*
3. American Crow*
4. Eastern Wood-pewee** (v)
5. Gray Catbird*
6. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
7. Ruby-throated Hummingbird (humming)
8. Eastern Towhee
9. Yellow Warbler
10. Song Sparrow
11. Olive-sided Flycatcher†
12. Cedar Waxwing
13. Common Yellowthroat (v)
14. American Robin
15. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
16. Ovenbird
17. Eastern Bluebird
18. Eastern Phoebe (v)

Elsewhere

19. Herring Gull
20. Osprey (v)
21. Rock Pigeon

(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year

Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-capped chickadee, Cedar waxwing, common yellowthroat, eastern bluebird, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, gray catbird, herring gull, olive-sided flycatcher, osprey, ovenbird, rock pigeon, ruby-throated hummingbird, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow warbler

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