
About freezing when dog and I reached the main parking lot. Calm, hazy sky. And a whole bunch of birds flitting around the trees above my truck. Before I even got out, I’d tried for a few photos—and spent maybe a few minutes snapping pictures of titmice, goldfinches, woodpecker, etc. Before we’d left the parking lot, I had seven species on my list.
That number rose by five during the rest of our hike. Most notable, probably was a new call I heard made by a Red-breasted Nuthatch—the last species on my list.
Great day. Tomorrow’s hike will be a little later. We shall see what we shall see.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:10 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Tufted Titmouse
2. American Goldfinch
3. Black-capped Chickadee
4. White-breasted Nuthatch**
5. American Crow*
6. Brown Creeper
7. Eastern Bluebird
8. Downy Woodpecker
9. Purple Finch (v)
10. Yellow-rumped Warbler
11. American Robin
12. Red-breasted Nuthatch
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year