Cedar Waxwing.

After a busy Saturday I took a late hike under an overcast with a hazy sun hanging in it, while nervous birds sang, called out in alarm, or just flitting nervously around and above my dog and me as we snacked on blueberries and sensed the distance with eyes and nose and ears.

Bumblebees on milkweed.

From somewhere down the hill came the croak of a raven.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 4:30 p.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. American Robin**
2. American Redstart
3. Tufted Titmouse**
4. Black-capped Chickadee
5. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v)
6. Cedar Waxwing
7. American Crow*
8. Chestnut-sided Warbler
9. Red-eyed Vireo** (v)
10. Yellow Warbler**
11. Eastern Bluebird (v)
12. Common Yellowthroat
13. Mourning Dove (v)
14. Eastern Towhee
15. Song Sparrow**
16. American Goldfinch
17. Common Raven (v)
18. Northern Cardinal
19. Savannah Sparrow
20. Herring Gull*
21. Field Sparrow (v)
22. Alder Flycatcher (v)
23. Eastern Phoebe (v)

Elsewhere

24. Wild Turkey

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