Song sparrow.
Today might as well have been yesterday, weather ways. Oh, perhaps a bit cooler and foggier, but work was almost exactly the same, although Jack and I didn’t get to Beech Hill until fifteen minutes later than yesterday.
Alder flycatcher.
Really foggy up there. I didn’t have a lot of hope for a big bird list—less for any decent photos. But I ended up with a nice list, and a couple half-way decent photos. The highlight might’ve been the little alder flycatcher I snuck up on. If the light just hadn’t been quite so dim….
Cool enough to turn off the fans this evening, and close most of the windows. Summer is hot or cold around here.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 5 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Red-eyed vireo (v)
2. Chestnut-sided warbler (v)
3. American robin**
4. Eastern towhee
5. Gray catbird**
6. Black-capped chickadee (v)
7. Veery (v)
8. American goldfinch (v)
9. Song sparrow**
10. Common yellowthroat**
11. Blue jay (v)
12. Cedar waxwing
13. Field sparrow
14. Yellow warbler**
15. Savannah sparrow
16. Alder flycatcher
17. Black-and-white warbler (v)
18. Tufted titmouse (v)
19. Hairy woodpecker (v)
20. Hermit thrush (v)
21. Pileated woodpecker (v)
22. American crow* (v)
23. American redstart** (v)
24. Northern cardinal** (v)
25. White-breasted nuthatch (v)
Elsewhere
26. Herring gull
27. Mourning dove
28. Double-crested cormorant
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, blue jay, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, common yellowthroat, double-crested cormorant, eastern towhee, field sparrow, gray catbird, hairy woodpecker, hermit thrush, herring gull, mourning dove, northern cardinal, pileated woodpecker, red-eyed vireo, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow warbler
