Late hike this morning, thanks to some rain. In the rain’s wake, the birds emerged, the flowers opened—and, eventually, the sun came out. But that was long after dog and I had hiked all Beech Hill trails.
Beech Hill List Beginning at 9:45 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Ovenbird** (v) 2. Red-eyed Vireo** (v) 3. Black-and-white Warbler 4. Common Yellowthroat** 5. Black-throated Green Warbler (v) 6. Veery (v) 7. Chestnut-sided Warbler** 8. Eastern Wood-pewee 9. Gray Catbird 10. Black-capped Chickadee 11. Nashville Warbler 12. American Goldfinch (v) 13. Eastern Towhee 14. Alder Flycatcher 15. Blue Jay** (v) 16. American Crow* 17. Great Crested Flycatcher (v) 18. American Redstart (v) 19. Song Sparrow** 20. Yellow Warbler 21. Herring Gull* 22. Eastern Phoebe* 23. Chipping Sparrow* 24. Common Raven 25. Tree Swallow 26. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v) 27. Tufted Titmouse (v) 28. American Robin 29. Eastern Kingbird 30. Mourning Dove* 31. Purple Finch (v) 32. Brown-headed Cowbird (v) 33. Hermit Thrush (v) 34. Least Flycatcher (v) 35. Hairy Woodpecker (v) 36. Northern Cardinal** (v)
Elsewhere
37. Wild Turkey
v = Voice only *Also elsewhere **Voice only elsewhere
A cool, sunny morning. Got to the trail early, heard more birds than I saw. Still a bit nippy for a lot of activity—plus, nesting’s going on now. Did spy a kingbird near the summit.
Phoebes are nesting in Beech Nut after all.
Beech Hill List Beginning at 7 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Ovenbird** 2. Red-eyed Vireo** (v) 3. Common Yellowthroat** 4. Black-capped Chickadee** 5. American Robin* (v) 6. Hairy Woodpecker (v) 7. Chestnut-sided Warbler 8. Blue Jay (v) 9. Gray Catbird** 10. American Redstart 11. Veery 12. Eastern Wood-pewee 13. Rose-breasted Grosbeak** 14. Black-and-white Warbler* 15. Eastern Towhee 16. Mourning Dove* (v) 17. Great Crested Flycatcher 18. Alder Flycatcher 19. Pileated Woodpecker (v) 20. Nashville Warbler (v) 21. Field Sparrow (v) 22. Song Sparrow (v) 23. Tree Swallow (v) 24. Chipping Sparrow 25. Eastern Phoebe 26. Eastern Kingbird 27. American Crow 28. Northern Cardinal 29. Tufted Titmouse 30. White-breasted Nuthatch 31. Scarlet Tanager 32. Hermit Thrush 33. Least Flycatcher
Elsewhere
34. House Finch (v) 35. Herring Gull 36. House Sparrow
v = Voice only *Also elsewhere **Voice only elsewhere
I’m not sure I mention often enough how much I appreciate Veeries. These little burnt-orange-backed thrushes arrive a little late, but arrive they do, to deliver their familiar Veeyur! alarm notes and their cascading fountains of song.
They also seem more friendly than the other woodland thrushes, tending to stick to the trails, hopping along in front of dog and me just around the next curve.
I love all thrushes, of course, have learned their songs and clucks and other sounds. Veeries, though, are highly underrated.
Beech Hill List Beginning at 8 a.m., I hiked all trails.
