Common yellowthroat.
Another rainy morning in which I stayed in. Work was kind of frustrating, so after the rain stopped and the fog moved over everything, I was glad to get out in the damp and mud with dog. Saw and heard quite a few birds, considering the weather and late hour. Highlights were the yellowthroats—male and female—that popped out into the open. Heard a black-throated blue warbler.
Common yellowthroat.
And returning through the woods I heard the voice of a hermit thrush whose particular song I recognize from last year. I must’ve stood there for five minutes listening to him sing. He couldn’t have been more than about fifty feet away. The thrushes stay so still, their voices are so diffuse and directionless, I never did manage to sport the bird.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 4:45 p.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Chestnut-sided warbler
2. Ovenbird (v)
3. American robin**
4. Eastern towhee
5. American goldfinch (v)
6. Herring gull* (v)
7. Veery
8. Gray catbird**
9. Nashville warbler (v)
10. American crow*
11. Common yellowthroat**
12. Field sparrow (v)
13. Savannah sparrow
14. Eastern phoebe
15. Song sparrow
16. Black-throated green warbler (v)
17. Black-throated blue warbler (v)
18. American redstart (v)
19. Blue-headed vireo (v)
20. Tufted titmouse (v)
21. Northern cardinal* (v)
22. Blue jay (v)
23. Northern flicker (v)
24. Yellow warbler (v)
25. Black-capped chickadee (v)
26. Hermit thrush (v)
Elsewhere
27. House finch (v)
28. Mourning dove
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-capped chickadee, black-throated blue warbler, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, blue-headed vireo, chestnut-sided warbler, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, field sparrow, gray catbird, hermit thrush, herring gull, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern cardinal, northern flicker, ovenbird, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, veery, yellow warbler
