Penobscot Bay from Beech Hill.
I knew it was going to happen today. I knew it after I managed to mow the overlong grass yesterday. And the gloriousness of this Sunday settled it. And in afternoon, I set off.
Truckin’.
I rode first to Rockland, a trip of couple miles or so, thinking that if my busted clavicle started aching I could just come back and abandon my plan, but it didn’t ache, and I kept riding. Stopped at the co-op and bought some food, kept riding up to Rockport, where I bought a new helmet to replace the one I ruined three weeks ago. Kept riding up to Camden, where I bought beer and brownies. Rode twenty miles today, and didn’t feel that much worse for wear.
Then I hiked Beech Hill with Jack.
Another spectacular day, with plenty of other hikers. Not many evident birds again—and none that would prose for photos—but the grass was long, and the clouds white and benign, and the bay an inviting blue.
I’d do it all over again tomorrow, if I could.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 4:45 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Eastern towhee (v)
2. American crow*
3. American goldfinch** (v)
4. Common yellowthroat (v)
5. Chestnut-sided warbler
6. Cedar waxwing**
7. Gray catbird* (v)
Elsewhere
8. House sparrow (v)
9. Black-capped chickadee (v)
10. Northern cardinal
11. Herring gull
12. Broad-winged hawk (v)
13. Osprey
14. Rock pigeon
15. White-breasted nuthatch (v)
16. Belted kingfisher
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, belted kingfisher, black-capped chickadee, broad-winged hawk, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, common yellowthroat, eastern towhee, gray catbird, herring gull, house sparrow, northern cardinal, osprey, rock pigeon, white-breasted nuthatch
