Full sun and humid this morning. Birds feeding fledglings all over the place. Also new plants and flowers and a monarch in the milkweed. More ripening blueberries, too.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:15 a.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. Eastern Phoebe†
2. American Crow*
3. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
4. Northern Flicker (v)
5. Ovenbird (v)
6. Red-eyed Vireo (v)
7. Chipping Sparrow*
8. Common Yellowthroat*
9. Chestnut-sided Warbler†
10. Eastern Towhee
11. American Redstart (v)
12. Gray Catbird
13. Veery (v)
14. Song Sparrow**
15. Yellow Warbler**
16. Cedar Waxwing**
17. Black-capped Chickadee*
18. Tree Swallow*
19. Field Sparrow••
20. Mourning Dove**
21. Eastern Bluebird
22. Alder Flycatcher (v)
23. Black-and-white Warbler (v)
24. Northern Parula (v)
25. Osprey*
26. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v)
27. Purple Finch (v)
28. Nashville Warbler*

Elsewhere

29. House Finch (v)
31. Herring Gull*
32. Wild Turkey**
33. House Sparrow*

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