Yellow warbler (female).
Pretty sure I saw a little family of peregrines today at Beech Hill. I thought the first bird a harrier, since it had a whitish rump, but the photos I took showed sideburns. Interestingly, the raptors were being harassed by a little family of barn swallows up there.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 4:15 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Chestnut-sided warbler
2. Yellow warbler
3. American redstart
4. Chipping sparrow (v)
5. Black-capped chickadee (v)
6. Gray catbird (v)
7. Eastern towhee (v)
8. Mourning dove*
9. American goldfinch**
10. Cedar waxwing
11. Barn swallow
12. Common yellowthroat
13. Herring gull*
14. Peregrine falcon
15. Savannah sparrow
16. Song sparrow
17. Hermit thrush (v)
18. American crow*
19. Eastern phoebe
Elsewhere
20. Northern cardinal (v)
21. House sparrow (v)
22. Double-crested cormorant
23. Ring-billed gull (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, barn swallow, black-capped chickadee, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, double-crested cormorant, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, gray catbird, hermit thrush, herring gull, house sparrow, mourning dove, northern cardinal, peregrine falcon, ring-billed gull, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, yellow warbler
