American robin.
Overcast early, but dry for a change. Took us a little time, but Jack and I made our way up to Beech Hill, where birds were singing and mosquitos were humming and the air hung damp and warm. Heard a great crested flycatcher, which was fun—but I’d just really like to get a good look at one for a change.
First-of-year wood lily.
Right about the time we reached the summit, the sun emerged, and things immediately got a lot warmer and the wind picked up. And all around us where fledglings. Sparrows got fledglings, warblers got fledglings, thrushes got fledglings—it’s that fledgling time of year.
Now that the sun was out, a couple old friends reemerged down the lower wooded trail: the Blackburnian warbler and the black-throated blue. Oh, and the tanager.
Later I rode twenty miles on my bicycle. Then I mowed the long.
Now I’m kind of tuckered.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 9:45 p.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Ovenbird**
2. Red-eyed vireo**
3. Black-throated green warbler (v)
4. Chestnut-sided warbler** (v)
5. Great crested flycatcher (v)
6. Veery
7. Black-capped chickadee (v)
8. Hermit thrush (v)
9. Common yellowthroat**
10. Eastern towhee
11. American crow*
12. Gray catbird**
13. American redstart** (v)
14. Black-and-white warbler (v)
15. Cedar waxwing**
16. Alder flycatcher (v)
17. Mourning dove*
18. Eastern wood-pewee
19. Yellow warbler**
20. Blue jay
21. Savannah sparrow
22. American robin**
23. American goldfinch (v)
24. Song sparrow**
25. Field sparrow (v)
26. Northern flicker
27. House finch**
28. Chipping sparrow**
29. Tufted titmouse** (v)
30. Herring gull*
31. Red-tailed hawk
32. Blackburnian warbler
33. Black-throated blue warbler (v)
34. Scarlet tanager (v)
Elsewhere
35. Northern cardinal (v)
36. Great blue heron
37. Rock pigeon
38. House sparrow (v)
39. Osprey
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Future blackberries.
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blackburnian warbler, blue jay, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, field sparrow, gray catbird, great blue heron, great crested flycatcher, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, osprey, ovenbird, red-eyed vireo, red-tailed hawk, savannah sparrow, scarlet tanager, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, veery, yellow warbler
