It rained for a while this morning, but the rain moved through in a relative hurry, leaving dog’s and my hiking hill cloaked in fog. A few birds made themselves known early—very few—but the excitement waited until we were following the muddy wooded trails.
As often happens, it started with the voices of chickadees, voices I pay attention to, considering they typically have travel with an entourage. And that was the case this morning. And among the species in the chickadees’ little posse flitted a single Wilson’s Warbler—the first Wilson’s I’ve seen since our return from Salt Lake City nearly a year and a half ago.
This was the second straight day with evidence of the start of fall migration.
Beech Hill List
Starting at 7:14 a.m. EST (8:14 DST), I hiked all trails.
1. Northern Flicker (v)
2. Gray Catbird
3. Song Sparrow
4. Common Yellowthroat
5. American Goldfinch
6. Black-capped Chickadee
7. White-breasted Nuthatch
8. Eastern Bluebird
9. Eastern Wood-pewee
10. Hairy Woodpecker
11. Red-eyed Vireo
12. American Redstart
13. Wilson’s Warbler
14. Eastern Towhee
15. Cedar Waxwing
16. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
17. Blue Jay
Elsewhere
18. Carolina Wren
19. American Crow
20. Herring Gull
21. Rock Pigeon
22. Mallard
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, Carolina wren, Cedar waxwing, common yellowthroat, eastern bluebird, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, gray catbird, hairy woodpecker, herring gull, mallard, northern flicker, red-eyed vireo, rock pigeon, rose-breasted grosbeak, song sparrow, white-breasted nuthatch, Wilson's warbler
