They’re everywhere at this time of year. I’m talking about Yellow-rumped Warblers—a.k.a. (in the lingo of my birding crowd) “Butter Butts” or just “’Rumps.” There they were on this nippy, breezy, cloudless morning, flitting about in their drab fall plumage, delivering their familiar dry chip notes, by far the most abundant of the migratory species.
Also had white-throats and kinglets again, heard the voice of a Red-shouldered Hawk, had a couple other cool migrants. But just about everywhere dog and I walked, we were accompanied by yellow-rumps.
Will miss them when they’re gone.
Beech Hill List
Starting at 7:48 a.m. EST (8:48 DST), I hiked all trails.
1. Yellow-rumped Warbler**
2. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
3. Tennessee Warbler
4. Blue Jay** (v)
5. White-breasted Nuthatch**
6. Hermit Thrush
7. Red-eyed Vireo (v)
8. Philadelphia Vireo
9. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
10. White-throated Sparrow
11. Eastern Towhee (v)
12. American Crow* (v)
13. Northern Flicker (v)
14. Song Sparrow
15. Red-shouldered Hawk (v)
Elsewhere
16. Northern Cardinal (v)
17. Herring Gull
Mammals
Eastern Chipmunk
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year
Tags: American crow, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, eastern chipmunk, eastern towhee, hermit thrush, herring gull, northern cardinal, northern flicker, Philadelphia vireo, red-eyed vireo, red-shouldered hawk, ruby-crowned kinglet, song sparrow, Tennessee warbler, white-breasted nuthatch, white-throated sparrow, yellow-rumped warbler
