Foggy again. How many mornings in a row is that? Wait a sec, lemme check… appears this was the seventh day. Not that I mind too much, since the birds gotta make a living regardless. (As do we all, I suppose.)
Highlights of today were the alarm notes of a Wood Thrush, the song of a cardinal, the flushing of a woodcock—and the fact that there are fledgings everywhere these days.
Beech Hill List Starting at 7:15 a.m. EST (8:15 DST), I hiked all trails.
1. Ovenbird** 2. Wood Thrush 3. Red-eyed Vireo** 4. Veery** 5. Chestnut-sided Warbler 6. Eastern Towhee 7. Eastern Wood-pewee (v) 8. Black-throated Green Warbler** (v) 9. Northern Cardinal (v) 10. Hermit Thrush 11. American Crow* 12. American Goldfinch 13. Alder Flycatcher (v) 14. Gray Catbird 15. Common Yellowthroat (v) 16. Yellow Warbler (v) 17. Song Sparrow 18. Cedar Waxwing (v) 19. Field Sparrow (v) 20. Purple Finch (v) 21. White-breasted Nuthatch (v) 22. Black-capped Chickadee 23. Mourning Dove* (v) 24. Black-and-white Warbler (v) 25. Northern Flicker (v) 26. Blue Jay (v) 27. Eastern Bluebird 28. Eastern Phoebe 29. Tufted Titmouse (v) 30. American Redstart 31. American Woodcock 32. Hairy Woodpecker
Elsewhere
33. Mallard
Mammals
Eastern Chipmunk
(v) Voice only *Also elsewhere **Voice only elsewhere †First-of-year
Another foggy morning, the longest streak I can remember. But another surprisingly rich array of bird species. Plus, a few posers—including an alarmist Ovenbird.
I hear the sun might come out for a bit in the morning. We shall see!
Beech Hill List Starting at 7:52 a.m. EST (8:52 DST), I hiked all trails.
Another foggy morn for dog and me—thick fog, moisture-laden air, a soggy water world. I don’t mind the fog, even have come to take it as a challenge to manage to take a decent photograph.
Today’s was a cooperative Hermit Thrush, whining its alarm call on a branch in the woods just in front of us.
I loved this foggy day.
Beech Hill List Starting at 6:28 a.m. EST (7:28 DST), I hiked all trails.
1. Northern Cardinal (v) 2. Red-eyed Vireo (v) 3. Ovenbird (v) 4. Blue Jay (v) 5. Eastern Wood-pewee (v) 6. Mourning Dove (v) 7. American Goldfinch 8. American Crow* 9. Black-capped Chickadee (v) 10. Eastern Towhee** 11. Chestnut-sided Warbler 12. Alder Flycatcher (v) 13. Gray Catbird** 14. Song Sparrow** 15. Yellow Warbler 16. Cedar Waxwing 17. Common Yellowthroat (v) 18. Scarlet Tanager (v) 19. Eastern Bluebird 20. Veery** (v) 21. Field Sparrow (v) 22. Tufted Titmouse (v) 23. Pileated Woodpecker (v) 24. Northern Flicker (v) 25. American Robin* 26. Black-throated Green Warbler (v) 27. Black-and-white Warbler (v) 28. Hermit Thrush 29. Savannah Sparrow (v) 30. Red-winged Blackbird (v) 31. Chipping Sparrow (v) 32. Black-throated Blue Warbler (v) 33. American Redstart (v)
Elsewhere
34. Mallard 35. Herring Gull
Amphibians
American Toad
(v) Voice only *Also elsewhere **Voice only elsewhere †First-of-year
