A warm morning, with mosquitos about. Cloudless, little wend. Felt a lot like summer.
Speaking of—I heard another singing Summer Tanager down in the bottomlands. Marched off trail for a while but never did get even a peak at the bird. Will try again tomorrow.
A lovely hike, with sweat galore,
Beech Hill List Beginning at 7:20 a.m., I hiked most trails.
1. Ovenbird 2. Northern Cardinal** (v) 3. Red-eyed Vireo** 4. American Crow* 5. American Goldfinch (v) 6. Black-throated Green Warbler (v) 7. Chestnut-sided Warbler 8. American Redstart** (v) 9. Summer Tanager (v) 10. Veery 11. Hairy Woodpecker 12. Gray Catbird 13. Black-capped Chickadee** 14. Black-and-white Warbler 15. Eastern Towhee 16. Common Yellowthroat 17. Song Sparrow 18. Yellow Warbler 19. Field Sparrow (v) 20. Purple Finch (v) 21. Cedar Waxwing 22. Eastern Phoebe 23. Savannah Sparrow (v) 24. Mourning Dove 25. American Robin 26. Alder Flycatcher (v) 27. Hermit Thrush (v) 28. House Wren 29. Northern Flicker 30. Tree Swallow 31. Red-breasted Nuthatch 32. Ruby-throated Hummingbird 33.Broad-winged Hawk 34. Tufted Titmouse (v) 35. Common Raven (v) 36 Eastern Wood-pewee (v) 37. Wood Thrush (v)
Elsewhere
38. House Finch 39. Rock Pigeon
Mammals
White-tailed Deer
(v) Voice only *Also elsewhere **Voice only elsewhere †First-of-year
My favorite sparrow is the Savannah Sparrow. I love its tidy outfit, with yellow lores, and its lovely, high, insect-sounding song. Have heard too few on the trail this year (have seen even fewer), but today’s fruitful list-making morning was an exception. He even posed for photos.
Otherwise, this morning, we interacted with other humans and dogs, Jack and I, and I managed to count nearly three-dozen bird species—including a my first ever fledgling Brown Creepers.
I’ll take a morning like this any day.
Beech Hill List Beginning at 7:41 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Red-eyed Vireo** 2. Northern Cardinal** (v) 3. Ovenbird 4. Black-throated Green Warbler (v) 5. Common Yellowthroat 6. American Goldfinch** 7. Hairy Woodpecker (v) 8. Chestnut-sided Warbler** 9. American Redstart** 10. American Crow* (v) 11. Veery 12. Pileated Woodpecker 13. Eastern Phoebe 14. Eastern Towhee 15. Blue Jay 16. Black-and-white Warbler** 17. Gray Catbird** 18. Song Sparrow* 19. Yellow Warbler 20. Cedar Waxwing 21. Black-capped Chickadee 22. Mourning Dove 23. Turkey Vulture 24. American Robin 25. Herring Gull (v) 26. Purple Finch (v) 27. Broad-winged Hawk 28. Field Sparrow (v) 29. Savanah Sparrow 30. Common Raven 31. House Wren 32. Tufted Titmouse 33. Brown Creeper 34. Hermit Thrush 35. White-breasted Nuthatch
Elsewhere
36 Barn Swallow
(v) Voice only *Also elsewhere **Voice only elsewhere †First-of-year
Rained overnight, overcast this morning, and wet trails greeted dog and me as we headed up, a bit later than usual. Nobody else around at first. Plenty of birds, though, including most all the usual suspects.
Windy at the summit, small birds in the trees and large ones in the air. Among the large ones was an unseen raven, at least three vultures, and a Red-shouldered Hawk carrying what sure looked like a red squirrel. Also ran into some friendly acquaintances, which was nice
Alas, in the woods where the tanager sang the past couple days—nothing. I hope against hope we didn’t scare it off yesterday.
Best poser of the day: a very still Black-and-white Warbler, carrying food back to what is surely a nest full of fledglings.
Beech Hill List Beginning at 8:47 a.m., I hiked most trails.
1. Red-eyed vireo** (v) 2. Ovenbird 3. Song Sparrow** 4. Black-throated Green Warbler (v) 5. Eastern Phoebe** 6. American Crow* 7. Eastern Wood-pewee (v) 8. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (v) 9. Hairy Woodpecker (v) 10. American Redstart (v) 11. Chestnut-sided Warbler (v) 12. American Goldfinch** (v) 13. Cedar Waxwing 14. Black-and-white Warbler 15. Alder Flycatcher 16. Common Raven (v) 17. Yellow Warbler (v) 18. Eastern Towhee 19. Gray Catbird 20. Field Sparrow (v) 21. Purple Finch (v) 22. Chipping Sparrow 23. Prairie Warbler (v) 24. Common Yellowthroat (v) 25. Turkey Vulture 26. Red-shouldered Hawk 27. House Wren (v) 28. Tree Swallow 29. Hermit Thrush (v) 30. Veery
Elsewhere
31. Mourning Dove 32. Herring Gull 33. Rock Pigeon
Mammals
Gray Squirrel
(v) Voice only *Also elsewhere **Voice only elsewhere †First-of-year
