Sun came out for a change. All that brightness and all those shadows kept the birds in hiding for the most port—that, and the presence of so many babies. But I got a peek at a fledgling Song Sparrow, spotted an angry yellowthroat with a beak full of food. Warm, breezy. Good quick hike.
Elsewhere, I spied turkeys, an Osprey, and a Cooper’s Hawk carrying a rodent of some kind.
All in the course of a July’s day.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:15 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Red-eyed Vireo (v)
2. Hairy Woodpecker
3. Ovenbird** (v)
4. Common Yellowthroat**
5. Eastern Phoebe* (v)
6. Northern Cardinal (v)
7. Alder Flycatcher (v)
8. Song Sparrow**
9. Yellow Warbler
10. Chipping Sparrow** (v)
11. Tree Swallow
12. Eastern Towhee
13. Field Sparrow (v)
14. Cedar Waxwing (v)
15. Gray Catbird* (v)
16. Savannah Sparrow
17. American Goldfinch
18. American Crow*
19. American Redstart (v)
20. Chestnut-sided Warbler (v)
21. Veery (v)
22. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
Elsewhere
25. House Finch
26. Herring Gull
27. Osprey
28. Cooper’s Hawk
29. Wild Turkey
v = voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
