This morning I took my pickup to the mechanic, whose shop sits not far beyond the parking lot of the lower (wooded) Beech Hill trail. I decided just to walk back—a distance of two miles or so. Here’s what-all I saw or heard (approx. 8:15–8:45 a.m.).
Ovenbird (voice)
Common yellowthroat (voice)
Yellow warbler (voice)
Chestnut-sided warbler
American redstart (voice)
Black-throated green warbler (voice)
Red-eyed vireo (voice)
Veery (voice)
American robin
Song sparrow (voice)
Chipping sparrow (voice)
House sparrow
American crow (voice)
Eastern towhee (voice)
Gray catbird (voice)
Cedar waxwing (voice)
Herring gull
Black-capped chickadee (voice)
Tufted titmouse (voice)
White-throated sparrow (voice)
American goldfinch
Also notable: eastern chipmunk.
