Another warm one (hot one?)—a little warmer than yesterday’s room temperature experience at the beginning of my hike up the wooded trail with dog. Captain Jack spent more of our excursion panting.
Before we hiked, though, first thin in the morning, I found the carcass of a crow lying on the lawn. I spoke to the dead bird as I picked its mortal remains gently up and tossed them off into a bushy green patch.
The rest of the birds we encountered were all alive and well—although we didn’t encounter many on account (I suppose) of the heat and humidity.
Beech Hill List
Starting at 7:24 a.m. EST (8:24 DST), I hiked all trails.
1. Pileated Woodpecker (v, drumming)
2. Blue Jay
3. Eastern Wood-pewee (v)
4. Black-capped Chickadee**
5. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
6. Red-eyed Vireo (v)
7. Hermit Thrush (v)
8. Song Sparrow*
9. Common Yellowthroat
10. American Goldfinch**
11. Turkey Vulture
Elsewhere
12. Carolina Wren (v)
13. Herring Gull
14. Wild Turkey
15. House Sparrow
16. Rock Pigeon
17. Mourning Dove
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year
Tags: 0American goldfinch, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, Carolina wren, common yellowthroat, eastern wood-pewee, hermit thrush, herring gull, house sparrow, mourning dove, pileated woodpecker, red-eyed vireo, rock pigeon, song sparrow, turkey vulture, white-breasted nuthatch, wild turkey
