Sun and clouds and a chill and a breeze. Quite a number of birds moving through, though. The funnest part of this morning’s hike was as Jack and I were returning down the wooded trail, near where warblers use a little spring-fed, hollowed out bowl of stone as a birdbath. Just as we passed, a little passel of migrating warblers flitted through.

Among them was a Blackburnian Warbler. It’s been year’s since I’d seen one. I figure the little bird had to be tired and hungry for flying all last night in the teeth of a brisk north wind.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:30 a.m. I hiked the open trail.

1. American Robin* (v)
2. Northern Cardinal** (v)
3. American Redstart
4. Tufted Titmouse** (v)
5. Ovenbird** (v)
6. Chestnut-sided Warbler**
7. Northern Parula
8. Black-capped Chickadee** (v)
9. Eastern Towhee
10. American Crow*
11. Gray Catbird**
12. Common Yellowthroat**
13. Black-throated Green Warbler
14. Turkey Vulture
15. Blue Jay**
16. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
17. American Goldfinch
18. Yellow Warbler
19. Herring Gull*
20. Song Sparrow**
21. Tree Swallow
22. Field Sparrow (v)
23. Common Raven
24. Nashville Warbler (v)
25. Red-breasted Nuthatch (v)
26. Blackburnian Warbler
27. Black-and-white Warbler
28. Blue-headed Vireo

Elsewhere

29. House Finch (v)
30. Chipping Sparrow
31. Brown-headed Cowbird (v)
32. Broad-winged Hawk

v = Voice only
*Aso elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird