Ovenbird.
This warm, sunny morning—continuing our weather streak—Jack and I marched up the open Beech Hill trail for a change, and I counted species backward. (Well, sorta.) Not a lot different from yesterday, really, except no cuckoo and a great, close-up look at a redstart. (Too close to focus.)
Mushroom.
The milkweed is blooming, I noticed today for the first time. Also, lots of people hiked up to Beech Nut this morning—and one dog. Down in the woods, the ovenbirds were still angry with us, apparently
Did not ride my bicycle this afternoon. Mowed the lawn instead.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:30 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Eastern phoebe**
2. American robin
3. Chestnut-sided warbler
4. Eastern towhee
5. Ovenbird
6. Cedar waxwing**
7. Common yellowthroat**
8. Yellow warbler
9. Black-and-white warbler (v)
10. Song sparrow**
11. Common raven (v)
12. Gray catbird**
13. American goldfinch
14. Chipping sparrow**
15. Mourning dove*
16. House finch (v)
17. Veery
18. Red-eyed vireo**
19. Herring gull*
20. Northern flicker (v)
21. Hairy woodpecker
22. Black-capped chickadee
23. Eastern wood-pewee (v)
24. Black-throated green warbler (v)
25. Scarlet tanager (v)
26. White-breasted nuthatch (v)
27. American crow* (v)
28. Hermit thrush (v)
29. Alder flycatcher (v)
30. Savannah sparrow
31. Tufted titmouse (v)
32. American redstart
Elsewhere
33. Double-crested cormorant
34. Common grackle
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, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common grackle, common raven, common yellowthroat, double-crested cormorant, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, gray catbird, hairy woodpecker, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, mourning dove, northern flicker, ovenbird, red-eyed vireo, savannah sparrow, scarlet tanager, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow warbler
