Eastern wood-pewee.
A hazy, humid morning. Slept in a little and kind of expected other hikers to have gotten the jump on Jack and me—but we only saw one other person on the trail, and she came by as we neared the end of our two-plus hours up there.
Common yellowthroat.
Warm. Muggy. Mosquitos and deer flies. The sun strove to crack the clouds but never really managed it. Still there were birds about.
The highlight was probably another Blackburnian warbler—third of the year—flitting around high in the canopy down the lower wooded trail. Man, those guys are hard to take pictures of, especially when there’s not a lot of light. While I stood angling for a photo is when the other hiker passed.
Savannah sparrow on the roof of the hut. Yellowthroat with a mite or tick larva near its eye. And along the open trail, a common ringlet (a little butterfly I only got to know today).
It cooled off as the day progressed. Took care of some Saturday chores and then headed out on a long bicycle ride. Any cooler, and I might’ve felt uncomfortable—however, I still worked up a good sweat.
Everybody’s talking about this year’s super moon. Too cloudy tonight, but maybe tomorrow evening.
Common ringlet.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:30 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Black-throated green warbler** (v)
2. Red-eyed vireo**
3. Chestnut-sided warbler
4. American crow*
5. Ovenbird**
6. Common yellowthroat**
7. Veery
8. Black-and-white warbler
9. Downy woodpecker
10. Gray catbird**
11. Scarlet tanager (v)
12. Eastern towhee
13. Eastern wood-pewee**
14. American redstart**
15. Alder flycatcher (v)
16. Mourning dove*
17. Yellow warbler**
18. Black-capped chickadee (v)
19. American goldfinch (v)
20. Blue jay (v)
21. American robin**
22. Song sparrow**
23. Eastern phoebe**
24. Savannah sparrow
25. Northern flicker
26. Tufted titmouse (v)
27. Northern cardinal** (v)
28. Rose-breasted grosbeak (v)
29. Field sparrow
30. House finch (v)
31. Brown-headed cowbird** (v)
32. Great crested flycatcher
33. Cedar waxwing
34. Blackburnian warbler
35. Black-throated blue warbler (v)
36. Hermit thrush (v)
Elsewhere
37. Herring gull
38. Rock pigeon
39. European starling
40. House sparrow
41. Chipping sparrow (v)
42. Dark-eyed junco (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated blue warbler, black-throated green warblerr, blackburnian warbler, blue jay, brown-headed cowbird, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, dark-eyed junco, downy woodpecker, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, European starling, field sparrow, gray catbird, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, house sparrow, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, ovenbird, rock pigeon, rose-breasted grosbeak, savannah sparrow, scarlet tanager, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, veery, yellow warbler
