Eastern Bluebird (fledgling).

Cool and mostly gray this morning, with rain on the way. Many more birds around than there were in spring—two, three times as many. As with all the bluebirds fluttering around. I must’ve seen three or four family’s worth, males, females, fledglings. Fledgling bluebirds are kind of cute, I gotta say.

On the way to the hill I spied a couple of turkey families—adults and a scattering of tiny poults.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:30 a.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. Red-eyed Vireo** (v)
2. American Robin*
3. American Goldfinch**
4. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
5. Downy Woodpecker (v)
6. American Crow*
7. Chestnut-sided Warbler (v)
8. Eastern Bluebird
9. Eastern Towhee
10. Solitary Vireo (v)
11. Common Yellowthroat
12. Song Sparrow**
13. Alder Flycatcher
14. Gray Catbird
15. Eastern Phoebe
16. Herring Gull*
17. Savannah Sparrow
18. Cedar Waxwing
19. Mourning Dove*
20. Purple Finch
21. Yellow Warbler (v)
22. Red-breasted Nuthatch

Elsewhere

23. Wild Turkey
24. Chipping Sparrow

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