Another clear sky with a breeze from a favorable direction, but I didn’t expect early fall migration would grace me with so many species during my morning hike with dog. Thirty.

Notable additions to the usual suspects were a pair of hawks (sharpie and broad-winged), White-throated Sparrow (rarely seen since spring), Ruby-crowned Kinglet—and at the end of our hike we spooked an American Woodcock.

A week from today, dog and I will be Monhegan bound for an even more exciting glimpse of fall migration in action.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:25 a.m., I hiked all trails.

1. American Crow*
2. Hermit Thrush
3. Blue Jay**
4. Black-capped Chickadee*
5. Red-breasted Nuthatch**
6. Gray Catbird
7. Common Yellowthroat
8. Hairy Woodpecker (v)
9. American Redstart
10. Black-and-white Warbler
11. Red-eyed Vireo
12. Red-bellied Woodpecker (v)
13. Northern Flicker
14. American Robin*
15. White-breasted Nuthatch
16. American Goldfinch
17. Eastern Towhee
18. Yellow-rumped Warbler
19. White-throated Sparrow
20. Cedar Waxwing
21. Song Sparrow
22. Savannah Sparrow
23. Eastern Bluebird
24. Sharp-shinned Hawk
25. Chipping Sparrow
26. Broad-winged Hawk
27. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
28. Tufted Titmouse (v)
29. Brown Creeper (v)
30. American Woodcock

Elsewhere

31. Carolina Wren (v)
32. Northern Cardinal (v)

Mammals

Eastern Gray Squirrel
Eastern Chipmunk

(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year