Fog thicker than yesterday morning. Jewel-like droplets on everything. Too dim in the bottomlands to get many decent photo, but the thrushes were leery of dog and me. Also one particular chickadee. And ovenbirds.
It’s nice to get so far in the year that you know what’s nesting where.
Beech Hill List Beginning at 8 a.m., I hiked all trails.
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
