Slept well enough last night that dog and I were a couple hours late to the trailhead. A foggy, drippy, luscious day. Many bird species were quieter than usual, but their numbers were high.

Most notable was a first-of-year Black-billed Cuckoo, whose voice came clearly from the bayberry tangles down the eastern slope.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 9:05 a.m., I hiked most trails.

1. Ovenbird**
2. Chestnut-sided Warbler**
3. Red-eyed Vireo** (v)
4. American Goldfinch*
5. Song Sparrow*
6. Black-throated Green Warbler* (v)
7. Common Yellowthroat (v)
8. Hairy Woodpecker
9. Gray Catbird
10. Black-and-white Warbler
11. Veery (v)
12. Eastern Towhee
13. American Redstart (v)
14. Northern Parula (v)
15. Black-capped Chickadee**
16. Nashville Warbler (v)
17. Wood Thrush (v)
18. American Crow* (v)
19. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
20. Great Crested Flycatcher (v)
21. Yellow Warbler
22. Blue Jay
23. Field Sparrow (v)
24. American Robin
25. Savannah Sparrow
26. Prairie Warbler (v)
27. Alder Flycatcher (v)
28. Black-billed Cuckoo† (v)
29. Tufted Titmouse (v)
30. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (v)
31. Hermit Thrush (v)
32. Brown Creeper
33. Northern Cardinal**
34. Eastern Phoebe*

Elsewhere

35. Mallard
36. Herring Gull

Mammals

Gray Squirrel

(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year