Yellow warbler.
Slept a little late, and the morning had already gone warm, so Jack and I dashed off for a hike up Beech Hill, which was a warm and birdy place. We also encountered mosquitos, deer flies, people and dogs.
Blackburnian warbler.
Had some nice chats at the summit, where the wind through the porch of Beech Nut cooled my sweaty brow. Had a nice little photo session with a female yellowthroat—then, down in the lower wood, a brief engagement with a Blackburnian warbler. Finally, as we were piling back into the truck nearly three hours after we’d emerged, I was surprised to hear the voice of a northern parula.
In afternoon, I took a long bike ride, which had long hot stretches and cool glides through shade. It also had an exciting moment when a broad-winged hawk crossed Route 1 directly toward me and not a dozen feet above my head.
A lovely—if beyond balmy—Independence Day.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 9:30 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Black-throated green warbler (v)
2. Red-eyed vireo** (v)
3. Ovenbird** (v)
4. Common yellowthroat**
5. Chestnut-sided warbler** (v)
6. Hairy woodpecker**
7. American redstart**
8. Veery (v)
9. Black-capped chickadee
10. Eastern wood-pewee
11. Tufted titmouse** (v)
12. Mourning dove*
13. Eastern towhee
14. Gray catbird**
15. Scarlet tanager
16. American crow* (v)
17. Yellow warbler**
18. American goldfinch** (v)
19. Alder flycatcher (v)
20. Savannah sparrow
21. American robin**
22. Turkey vulture
23. Black-and-white warbler (v)
24. Song sparrow**
25. Tree swallow
26. Cedar waxwing**
27. Blue jay (v)
28. Chipping sparrow**
29. Field sparrow (v)
30. Purple finch (v)
31. Northern flicker (v)
32. Blackburnian warbler
33. White-breasted nuthatch (v)
34. Northern parula (v)
Elsewhere
35. Eastern phoebe (v)
36. Herring gull
37. Laughing gull (v)
38. Rock pigeon
39. European starling
40. House finch (v)
41. Northern cardinal (v)
42. Red-bellied woodpecker (v)
43. Broad-winged hawk
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 green warbler, blackburnian warbler, blue jay, broad-winged hawk, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, European starling, field sparrow, gray catbird, hairy woodpecker, herring gull, house finch, laughing gull, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, northern parula, ovenbird, purple finch, red-bellied woodpecker, red-eyed vireo, rock pigeon, savannah sparrow, scarlet tanager, song sparrow, tree swallow, tufted titmouse, turkey vulture, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow warbler
