Scarlet Tanager.

I didn’t rush up to Beech Hill first thing this morning as I’ve done every other morning in May. Didn’t feel like it, with the dampness and grayness and new, thick foliage—figured the birds could wait. By the time we did get up there, about 11 a.m., I figured things would be relatively quiet. But that’s about the time the sun began to emerge, and the temperature rose, and it became hazy and muggy and buggy. Quite a bunch of birds, after ll.

No great photos, but that’s all right. I did hear three singing tanagers—and got a peek at one of ’em.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 11 a.m., I hiked all trails.

1. Red-eyed Vireo
2. Ovenbird
3. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
4. Brown-headed Cowbird (v)
5. Eastern Phoebe**
6. Eastern Wood-pewee (v)
7. American Redstart**
8. Scarlet Tanager
9. Veery**
10. American Goldfinch (v)
11. Chestnut-sided Warbler**
12. Black-and-white Warbler (v)
13. Mourning Dove*
14. Common Yellowthroat
15. Gray Catbird**
16. Yellow Warbler**
17. Nashville Warbler (v)
18. Eastern Towhee
19. Northern Cardinal (v)
20. Alder Flycatcher
21. Song Sparrow
22. Purple Finch (v)
23. American Robin
24. Osprey
25. Turkey Vulture
26. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v)
27. Black-throated Blue Warbler (v)
28. Brown Creeper (v)
29. Black-capped Chickadee

Elsewhere

30. American Crow
31. Great Crested Flycatcher
32. Herring Gull

v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere