Ahhh, what a lovely morning. Bright, warm, slight breeze, birds—also, after a while, some people. In fact, a couple of the people were folks I’d known before moving to Utah, so there was a little catching up. I did have to pick up somebody’s trash and move a bench from the grass back up to the Beech Nut veranda.

But I don’t too much mind cleaning up after my fellow humans.

Birds galore. Got a nice pic of a not-quite-mature redstart. Heard a cuckoo. Also heard a raven. Saw and heard three (three!) Broad-winged Hawks circling above the barrens.

I imagine tomorrow’s will be a similarly fruitful morning.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:03 a.m., I hiked most trails.

1. Red-eyed Vireo** (v)
2. Ovenbird** (v)
3. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
4. Gray Catbird
5. Northern Cardinal** (v)
6. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
7. Veery (v)
8. American Redstart
9. Black-billed Cuckoo (v)
10. Common Raven (v)
11. Chestnut-sided Warbler
12. Eastern Wood-pewee
13. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v)
14. American Goldfinch
15. Common Yellowthroat
16. Black-and-white Warbler (v)
17. Alder Flycatcher
18. Yellow Warbler
19. Song Sparrow
20. Eastern Towhee (v)
21. Field Sparrow
22. Eastern Phoebe*
23. Chipping Sparrow (v)
24. Tree Swallow
25. Eastern Bluebird (v)
26. Savannah Sparrow
27. Blue Jay (v)
28. American Crow* (v)
29. Prairie Warbler
30. Broad-winged Hawk
31. Tufted Titmouse
32. Blue-headed Vireo (v)
33. Hermit Thrush (v)
34. Herring Gull* (v)
35. Northern Flicker (v)

Elsewhere

36. Mallard

Mammals

Eastern Chipmunk

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