Slept well enough last night that dog and I were a couple hours late to the trailhead. A foggy, drippy, luscious day. Many bird species were quieter than usual, but their numbers were high.
Most notable was a first-of-year Black-billed Cuckoo, whose voice came clearly from the bayberry tangles down the eastern slope.
Beech Hill List Beginning at 9:05 a.m., I hiked most trails.
1. Ovenbird** 2. Chestnut-sided Warbler** 3. Red-eyed Vireo** (v) 4. American Goldfinch* 5. Song Sparrow* 6. Black-throated Green Warbler* (v) 7. Common Yellowthroat (v) 8. Hairy Woodpecker 9. Gray Catbird 10. Black-and-white Warbler 11. Veery (v) 12. Eastern Towhee 13. American Redstart (v) 14. Northern Parula (v) 15. Black-capped Chickadee** 16. Nashville Warbler (v) 17. Wood Thrush (v) 18. American Crow* (v) 19. Ruby-throated Hummingbird 20. Great Crested Flycatcher (v) 21. Yellow Warbler 22. Blue Jay 23. Field Sparrow (v) 24. American Robin 25. Savannah Sparrow 26. Prairie Warbler (v) 27. Alder Flycatcher (v) 28. Black-billed Cuckoo† (v) 29. Tufted Titmouse (v) 30. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (v) 31. Hermit Thrush (v) 32. Brown Creeper 33. Northern Cardinal** 34. Eastern Phoebe*
Elsewhere
35. Mallard 36. Herring Gull
Mammals
Gray Squirrel
(v) Voice only *Also elsewhere **Voice only elsewhere †First-of-year
Another lovely Beech Hill hike with dog. A hike with a couple newly arrived warblers (at least as far as I’ve seen in our short time back here). Four species today, more to come for sure.
The lists are longer than those in Utah, so it takes me longer to compile ’em. Thus my narratives are liable to be shorter for a while (apologies). Suffice it to say Jack and I are thoroughly enjoying our return to this familiar hike and all the inspiring smells and sights and sounds and feels it brings.
Beech Hill List Beginning at 7:55 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Eastern Phoebe* 2. American Goldfinch (v) 3. American Robin 4. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker† (v) 5. Northern Flicker (v) 6. Black-and-white Warbler† 7. Northern Parula† 8. Black-capped Chickadee 9. Tufted Titmouse (v) 10. Yellow-rumped Warbler 11. American Crow* 12. Eastern Towhee 14. Blue-headed Vireo 15. Field Sparrow (v) 16. Song Sparrow 17. Eastern Bluebird 18. Chipping Sparrow 19. White-throated Sparrow (v) 20. Herring gull* (v) 21. Tree Swallow 25. Black-throated Green Warbler† (v) 26. Red-breasted Nuthatch (v) 27. Sharp-shinned Hawk 28. Blue Jay† 29. Brown Creeper 30. Hermit Thrush
Elsewhere
31. Mourning Dove
Mammals
Red Squirrel White-tailed Deer
(v) Voice only *Also elsewhere **Voice only elsewhere †First-of-year
What a lovely hike this morning. Overcast, partly sun, splash of sun, overcast. Multiple woodpeckers (including a sapsucker), pregnant doe browsing in daylight, raven carrying an egg. One of my favorite little collection of natural goings on.
Beech Hill List Beginning at 8 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Northern Cardinal (v) 2. Red-eyed Vireo** 3. Tufted Titmouse (v) 4. Ovenbird** (v) 5. Chestnut-sided Warbler** 6. American Redstart (v) 7. Veery (v) 8. Common Yellowthroat** 9. Eastern Wood-pewee (v) 10. Eastern Towhee 11. Brown-headed Cowbird (v) 12. Blue Jay (v) 13. Field Sparrow 14. Gray Catbird** 15. Pileated Woodpecker 16. Yellow Warbler (v) 17. Eastern Phoebe* 18. Tree Swallow 19. American Goldfinch 20. Alder Flycatcher 21. American Crow* 22. Cedar Waxwing 23. Common Raven 24. Chipping Sparrow* 25. Hermit Thrush 26. Black-and-white Warbler (v) 27. Black-throated Green Warbler (v) 28. Black-capped Chickadee (v) 29. Yellow-bellied Sapucker 30. American Robin (v) 31. Least Flycatcher (v) 32. Hairy Woodpecker (v)
Elsewhere
33. House Finch 34. Herring Gull
v = Voice only *Also elsewhere **Voice only elsewhere
