And the sun came up, and it shone on the landscape uninterrupted by any cloud. And the wind rose from the west and caused the new-leafed trees to whisper and sigh. And dog and I had a lovely morning hike (plus a little dog/human interaction).
And I listed thirty bird species.
Beech Hill List Beginning at 7:52 a.m., I hiked most trails.
1. Red-eyed Vireo** 2. American Robin 3. Ovenbird** 4. American Crow* 5. Tufted Titmouse (v) 6. Common Yellowthroat 7. Black-throated Green Warbler (v) 8. American Redstart** (v) 9. Black-capped Chickadee (v) 10. Black-and-white Warbler** 11. Veery 12. Chestnut-sided Warbler (v) 13. Alder Flycatcher 14. Red-breasted Nuthatch 15. Blue Jay 16. Eastern Towhee 17. American Goldfinch 18. Gray Catbird (v) 19. Yellow Warbler 20. Tree Swallow 21. Prairie Warbler (v) 22. Song Sparrow** 23. Turkey Vulture 24. House Wren (v) 25. Field Sparrow (v) 26. Broad-winged Hawk (v) 27. Chipping Sparrow 28. Hermit Thrush (v) 29. Blue-headed Vireo 30. Eastern Wood-pewee (v)
Elsewhere
31. Mallard 32. Herring Gull 33. Rock Pigeon
Mammals
Eastern Chipmunk
(v) Voice only *Also elsewhere **Voice only elsewhere †First-of-year
Rained all morning, maybe totaling an inch or so. Stopped in afternoon, so dog and I had ourselves a drippy hike up a hill—just Jack and me and the trees and birds and mosquitos.
Truly a lovely, luscious hike. Water. It’s what I missed while out west; it’s what we got today.
Beech Hill List Beginning at 1:57 p.m., I hiked most trails.
1. Eastern Phoebe* 2. Black-throated Green Warbler (v) 3. Red-eyed Vireo** 4. Ovenbird** 5. American Robin 6. Black-capped Chickadee** (v) 7. Eastern Towhee 8. Brown Creeper 9. Eastern Wood-pewee 10. Black-and-white Warbler (v) 11. Tufted Titmouse 12. Chestnut-sided Warbler** 13. Common Yellowthroat 14. American Goldfinch 15. American Redstart** (v) 16. Alder Flycatcher 17. Song Sparrow 18. Gray Catbird* 19. Yellow Warbler 20. Prairie Warbler 21. House Wren 22. American Crow 23. Hermit Thrush 24. Field Sparrow 25. Tree Swallow 26. Northern Cardinal
Elsewhere
27. Mallard
(v) Voice only *Also elsewhere **Voice only elsewhere †First-of-year
