Another clear and warm and muggy morn with interesting bird activity. Heard many youngsters of various species begging for meals; heard the call of a Red-bellied Woodpecker; saw both Turkey Vulture and Wild Turkey.
Most notable: a group of three or four fledgling Purple Finches giving their parent finch(es) reason for some frantic hunting-and-feeding activity.
Tomorrow morning’s supposed to be foggy. We shall see!
Beech Hill List Starting at 7:29 a.m. EST (8:29 DST), I hiked all trails.
Another foggy morning. How many is that in a row for dog and me? Five? Seven? Eight? And each morning’s atmosphere seems thicker than the last.
However, I’ve managed, somehow, to keep a decent species list all those days. And get a few bird photos. Most noteworthy today was the sound, in the foggy woodland, of a Pine Warbler. Also a pair of nuthatch species for a change. And the Northern Parula’s still hanging around down by the road.
So unhappy about the spread of beech leaf disease on Beech Hill, meanwhile. This blight came on suddenly and things don’t look good. But Nature’s always changing things, so who knows.
More fog tomorrow? Who knows?
Beech Hill List Starting at 7:15 a.m. EST (8:15 DST), I hiked all trails.
1. Ovenbird** 2. Red-eyed Vireo** (v) 3. Veery** 4. Chestnut-sided Warbler (v) 5. Eastern Towhee 6. Eastern Wood-pewee (v) 7. Pine Warbler (v) 8. Hermit Thrush (v) 9. American Crow* (v) 10. American Goldfinch 11. Alder Flycatcher (v) 12. Gray Catbird* 13. Common Yellowthroat 14. Yellow Warbler (v) 15. Song Sparrow 16. Cedar Waxwing 17. Savannah Sparrow (v) 18. Field Sparrow (v) 19. Purple Finch (v) 20. American Redstart 21. White-breasted Nuthatch** 22. Chipping Sparrow 23. Northern Parula (v) 24. Black-and-white Warbler (v) 25. Red-breasted Nuthatch 26. Blue Jay (v) 27. Eastern Bluebird 28. Eastern Phoebe* 29. Tufted Titmouse (v) 30. American Robin 31. Black-capped Chickadee 32. Hairy Woodpecker (v) 33. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
Elsewhere
34. Mallard 35. Osprey (v) 36. European Starling
Mammals
American Red Squirrel
(v) Voice only *Also elsewhere **Voice only elsewhere †First-of-year
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
