Roadside junco.
Took an early spin over to Beech Hill, and seas of juncos parted. Seas. Big clouds of ’em moved in overnight, ’cause they were everywhere, with their high, faint chittering and chattering.
American Robin.
Also a day of of first-of-year birds: sparrow, grackle, and thrush.
A possibility of more snow tomorrow—though more likely just rain here at the coast—yet the birds are zipping northward during the lulls, e.g., these last two days of thaw.
(Just missed a photo of that early Hermit Thrush. Grr.)
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:45 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Dark-eyed Junco
2. Tufted Titmouse
3. Northern Cardinal
4. Black-capped Chickadee
5. American Robin
6. White-breasted Nuthatch
7. White-throated Sparrow
8. Common Grackle
9. Blue Jay
10. Mourning Dove
11. Red-winged Blackbird
12. Herring Gull
13. Eastern Bluebird
14. American Goldfinch
15. Hermit Thrush
Elsewhere
16. Rock Pigeon
17. Ring-Billed Gull
18. European Starling
19. Mallard
20. Hawk (spp.)
American Crow.
