Coolish again to start this day, but the flood of sun warmed things up soon enough. Not so many species as yesterday, but interesting encounters. Including, for the third straight day, another hawk flyby.
Raptors seem to take to the sky when they get that instinctual urge to move. That’s why there are so many hawk watches out there during migration—head to a high place and start counting. Today’s was an immature Broad-winged Hawk (along with another individual whose age I couldn’t gauge). They nest in these parts but migrate down to South America in fall.
Supposed to rain all day tomorrow. I wonder if dog and I will encounter a hawk in the rain.
Beech Hill List
Starting at 7:33 a.m. EST (8:33 DST), I hiked all trails.
1. Black-capped Chickadee
2. American Goldfinch**
3. Gray Catbird**
4. Eastern Wood-pewee
5. Eastern Towhee
6. Red-eyed Vireo (v)
7. Black-and-white Warbler
8. Brown Creeper
9. Blue Jay (v)
10. White-breasted Nuthatch**
11. American Crow*
12. American Redstart
13. Chipping Sparrow
14. Common Yellowthroat (v)
15. Cedar Waxwing
16. Song Sparrow
17. Broad-winged Hawk
18. Barn Swallow
Elsewhere
19. Mourning Dove
20. Herring Gull
21. Rock Pigeon
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, barn swallow, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, broad-winged hawk, brown creeper, Cedar waxwing, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroatv, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, gray catbird, herring gull, mourning dove, red-eyed vireo, rock pigeon, song sparrow, white-breasted nuthatch
