Black-and-white Warbler.

Cool and cloudless early, warm with a few clouds late. Seventy-something degrees (F) warm—and birdy.

Three first-of-year species: American Redstart (been waiting on this one), Nashville Warbler (first confirmed singer), and Scarlet Tanager (just mentioned this bird to a fellow hiker not ten minutes before I heard two of ’em singing down in the woods trail.

Interloper (Tree Swallows).

This day represented a breakthrough of sorts—a break through the meteorological obstructions to migration.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8 a.m., I hiked all trails.

1. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
2. Common Yellowthroat (v)
3. Great Crested Flycatcher (v)
4. Chestnut-sided Warbler**
5. Ovenbird**
6. Northern Parula (v)
7. American Goldfinch**
8. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
9. American Redstart**†
10. Eastern Towhee
11. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v)
12. Black-and-white Warbler**
13. Black-capped Chickadee** (v)
14. Gray Catbird
15. American Crow*
16. Downy Woodpecker*
17. Yellow Warbler
18. Yellow-rumped Warbler
19. Blue-headed Vireo (v)
20. Song Sparrow*
21. Blue Jay** (v)
22. Northern Flicker** (v)
23. Eastern Phoebe*
24. Savannah Sparrow
25. Herring Gull*
26. Tree Swallow
27. American Robin**
28. Brown-headed Cowbird (v)
29. Field Sparrow (v)
30. Common Raven
31. Nashville Warbler† (v)
32. Kestrel
33. Bald Eagle
34. Chipping Sparrow**
35. Mourning Dove* (v)
36. Wild Turkey** (v)
37. Tufted Titmouse (v)
38. Hermit Thrush (v)
39. Scarlet Tanager† (v)
40. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)

Elsewhere

41. Northern Cardinal (v)
42. House Finch (v)

(v) = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere