A cool and sunny morning. Still quiet, bird-wise, so it took some gazing in the canopy to spy the little birds along the lower wooded trail. Notable in the open fields were a pair of Broad-winged Hawks and a vulture.
Returning in the upper woods, I got a look at a couple warblers along the trail. Even got a photo of one, a juvie Chestnut-sided Warbler. It was looking right at me.
Beech Hill List Starting at 6:54 a.m. EST (7:54 DST), I hiked all trails.
1. Wild Turkey 2. Red-eyed Vireo** (v) 3. American Goldfinch 4. Eastern Wood-pewee 5. Tufted Titmouse (v) 6. Black-capped Chickadee (v) 7. Black-and-white Warbler 8. Ovenbird (v) 9. Brown Creeper (v) 10. White-breasted Nuthatch (v) 11. American Crow* 12. Eastern Towhee 13. Gray Catbird (v) 14. Alder Flycatcher 15. Cedar Waxwing 16. Song Sparrow 17. Broad-winged Hawk 18. Turkey Vulture 19. Northern Cardinal (v) 20. American Robin 21. Common Yellowthroat (v) 22. Chestnut-sided Warbler
Elsewhere
23. Herring Gull 24. Rock Pigeon 25. Bald Eagle
(v) Voice only *Also elsewhere **Voice only elsewhere †First-of-year
Sunny and cool to start this morning, with a bit of haze in the air. Very slight breeze. The birds were still pretty quiet—except, notably, for a raven loudly testing its various calls unseen in a tree on a rise.
Never saw the raven, but I got to see waxwings in a fly hatch again, and got a nice pic of a juvie bluebird.
Beech Hill List Starting at 6:54 a.m. EST (7:54 DST), I hiked all trails.
1. Red-eyed Vireo** (v) 2. American Crow* 3. American Goldfinch 4. Black-capped Chickadee 5. Chestnut-sided Warbler 6. Common Raven (v) 7. Eastern Towhee 8. Gray Catbird 9. Broad-winged Hawk (v) 10. Eastern Wood-pewee 11. American Robin* 12. Common Yellowthroat 13. Cedar Waxwing 14. Eastern Bluebird 15. White-breasted Nuthatch 16. Field Sparrow (v) 17. Barn Swallow 18. Song Sparrow** 19. Eastern Phoebe 20. Hermit Thrush
Elsewhere
21. Northern Cardinal (v) 22. Mourning Dove
(v) Voice only *Also elsewhere **Voice only elsewhere †First-of-year
Upon rising this morning, the sun emerged, then faded in and out and in again as swirly white clouds floated overhead from the west. And the birds were really quiet. We walked long stretches, dog and I, without hearing a (literal) peep—because (I figured), at least in part, they don’t want to draw attention to their youngsters.
Throughout our hike, scanning the canopy, I caught sight of just three wood-warbler species, poking about for insects and caterpillars. Not one of them uttered a single tweet.
Beech Hill List Starting at 7:03 a.m. EST (8:03 DST), I hiked all trails.
1. Blue Jay 2. American Goldfinch 3. Black-capped Chickadee 4. Red-eyed Vireo 5. Black-throated Green Warbler 6. Eastern Wood-pewee 7. Hermit Thrush 8. White-breasted Nuthatch 9. American Robin 10. American Crow 11. Eastern Towhee 12. Gray Catbird 13. Cedar Waxwing 14. Song Sparrow 15. Purple Finch 16. Red-tailed Hawk 17. Herring Gull 18. American Redstart 19. Black-and-white Warbler 20. Hairy Woodpecker
