It was a lovely early morning hike with Jack-my-dog. We got up the hill early, under mostly sunny skies with a breeze that sent droplets down from new leaves damp with overnight rain. A raven greeted us at the trail head with loud, liquid croaking, and a nice variety of other birds appeared.
Had conversations with a few other early Sunday hikers, all of us digging the weather, the clean air, the views. If all days could be like this particular June day, I don’t think many would mind.
Rain forecast for late in the coming week, but tomorrow should be another fine one.
Beech Hill List Beginning at 7:30 a.m., I hiked most trails.
1. Red-eyed Vireo** 2. Ovenbird** 3. Common Raven 4. Eastern Phoebe* 5. American Robin* (v) 6. Song Sparrow** 7. Common Yellowthroat** 8. Northern Cardinal (v) 9. Black-throated Green Warbler (v) 10. Veery 11. American Goldfinch** 12. American Crow* 13. American Redstart** (v) 14. Chestnut-sided Warbler 15. Black-capped Chickadee 16. Gray Catbird** 17. Alder Flycatcher (v) 18. Eastern Towhee 19. Tufted Titmouse (v) 20. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v) 21. Black-and-white Warbler 22. Yellow Warbler 23. Red-breasted Nuthatch 24. Field Sparrow (v) 25. Herring Gull* 26. Prairie Warbler 27. Turkey Vulture 28. House Wren 29. Great Crested Flycatcher 30. Least Flycatcher (v) 31. Red-winged Blackbird (v) 32. Purple Finch (v) 33. Tree Swallow 34. Hermit Thrush (v) 35. Eastern Wood-pewee (v)
Elsewhere
36. Mallard 37. Wild Turkey
(v) Voice only *Also elsewhere **Voice only elsewhere †First-of-year
Fog first thing, a deep overcast. Birds weren’t talking much, but neither were they silent. Heard an alternate cuckoo call up in the area where I nabbed a photo of one the other day. Got a photo of a yellowthroat.
A low-key but inspiring morning.
Beech Hill List Beginning at 8 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Red-eyed Vireo 2. Ovenbird (v) 3. American Redstart (v) 4. Black-throated Green Warbler (v) 5. Chestnut-sided Warbler** 6. Common Yellowthroat** 7. Veery 8. Eastern Wood-pewee (v) 9. Black-capped Chickadee (v) 10. Eastern Towhee (v) 11. Gray Catbird 12. Black-and-white Warbler (v) 13. Nashville Warbler (v) 14. American Crow* 15. Northern Flicker 16. American Goldfinch** 17. Alder Flycatcher 18. Field Sparrow (v) 19. Song Sparrow* 20. Yellow Warbler 21. Great Crested Flycatcher (v) 22. Tree Swallow 23. Eastern Phoebe (v) 24. Chipping Sparrow (v) 25. American Robin* 26. Black-billed Cuckoo (v) 27. Tufted Titmouse (v) 28. Hermit Thrush (v) 29. Black-throated Blue Warbler 30. Least Flycatcher (v)
Elsewhere
31. Mourning Dove 32. Herring Gull 33. European Starling 34. Rock Pigeon 35. House Sparrow 36. Blue Jay (v)
v = Voice only *Also elsewhere **Voice only elsewhere
Beech Hill List Beginning at 7:30 a.m., I hiked all trails.
Calm day. Warmish. Mosquitos all over the place. Overcast, in the woodlands. Still I managed a decent list, managed, managed not to disturb any wildlife, managed a photo or two of birds on the hill.
1. Red-eyed Vireo** (v) 2. Ovenbird** (v) 3. Chestnut-sided Warbler** (v) 4. Tufted Titmouse (v) 5. Veery 6. Common Yellowthroat (v) 7. Black-and-white Warbler 8. Black-throated Green Warbler (v) 9. Eastern Wood-pewee 10. Nashville Warbler (v) 11. Blue Jay* 12. Eastern Towhee 13. American Crow* 14. American Goldfinch* 15. Alder Flycatcher 16. Song Sparrow** 17. Eastern Phoebe* 18. Pileated Woodpecker (v) 19. Gray Catbird 20. Yellow Warbler 21. Eastern Phoebe* 22. Tree Swallow 23. Eastern Bluebird 24. Herring Gull* 25. Black-capped Chickadee** (v) 26. Cedar Waxwing 27. Hermit Thrush 28. Northern Flicker (v) 29. American Robin (v) 30. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v) 31. Least Flycatcher
Elsewhere
32. House Finch (v) 33. Rock Pigeon 34. Common Grackle 35. Mourning Dove 36. European Starling
