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
I’d predicted a little fallout tomorrow. Turned out it happened today. At 8.a.m., as soon as dog and I hit the wooded trailhead, the birds began to flit through: first-of-year Ovenbird, first-of-year Black-and-white Warbler, Blue-headed Vireos, Palm Warblers, yellow-rumps, and more.
White-throated Sparrow.
Ended up with 32 species, three of them first-of-year birds.
All in all a damn fun Cinco de Mayo.
Beech Hill List Beginning at 8 a.m., I hiked all trails.
Bird Report is an intermittent record of what's outside my window in Rockport, Maine, USA (44°08'N latitude, 69°06'W longitude), and vicinity. —Brian Willson
