On this morning’s short, sweet hike with dog, I followed the voice of a Yellow Warbler (without seeing the source), heard the voice of a Northern Parula (I’m sure of it, and they do occasionally migrate through this region), and spied my first ever Green-tailed Towhee.
A handsome bird, that green-tail is. Alas I got no photo. So here’s a pic of a regular ol’ Spotted Towhee—the one that chased away my lifer.
Grandeur Peak Area List Beginning at 8:30 a.m., I hiked several hundred feet up a mountain.
Nice cool, breezy, sunny morning. Lots of bird activity—highlights being a singing Northern Parula, and a Philadelphia Vireo that appeared in the summit spruce grove.
Met a fellow birder and had a nice chat about photography.
Got home and put a tonneau cover on my pickup. (Just threw that in for factual authenticity.)
Beech Hill List Beginning at 715 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Red-eyed Vireo** (v) 2. American Crow* 3. Chestnut-sided Warbler 4. Song Sparrow** 5. Chipping Sparrow* 6. Ovenbird (v) 7. Common Yellowthroat 8. Alder Flycatcher (v) 9. Mourning Dove* 10. Gray Catbird 11. Eastern Towhee 12. Yellow Warbler (v) 13. Field Sparrow (v) 14. American Goldfinch** 15. White-breasted Nuthatch (v) 16. Tufted Titmouse (v) 17. Eastern Phoebe 18. Eastern Towhee 19. Cedar Waxwing 20. Veery** (v) 21. Northern Parula (v) 22. Red-breasted Nuthatch 23. Philadelphia Vireo 24. Black-capped Chickadee (v) 25. Common Raven (v) 26. Barn Swallow 27. Purple Finch (v) 28. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v) 29. American Redstart (v)
Elsewhere
30. Herring Gull
v = Voice only *Also elsewhere **Voice only elsewhere
Full sun and humid this morning. Birds feeding fledglings all over the place. Also new plants and flowers and a monarch in the milkweed. More ripening blueberries, too.
Beech Hill List Beginning at 7:15 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
