Yellow-rumped warbler.
A day much like yesterday. Work, bike ride, Beech Hill hike.
Savannah sparrow (juvie).
Like yesterday, it was very quiet when Jack and I exited the pickup at the Beech Hill Road parking lot. Unlike yesterday, no little silent birds perched high in the trees around the parking lot. In fact, I didn’t notice any obvious migrants until we got about halfway up the hill, when I noticed warblers moving through the trailside birches. In particular, young black-throated green warblers.
I saw field and song sparrows, heard a pewee and catbirds and towhees. Goldfinches and cedar waxwings flew over.
Up at the summit, more yellow-rumps in the spruce grove, along with a young Savannah sparrow.
Returning, I heard blue jays and a crow.
One noteworthy sighting today: a road-killed crow, which I passed while cycling. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a road-killed crow before.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 5:30 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Gray catbird (v)
2. American goldfinch**
3. Eastern towhee (v)
4. Cedar waxwing**
5. Field sparrow
6. Song sparrow
7. Eastern wood-pewee (v)
8. Black-throated green warbler
9. Hairy woodpecker** (v)
10. Savannah sparrow
11. Yellow-rumped warbler
12. Blue jay** (v)
13. American crow*
Elsewhere
14. House sparrow
15. Herring gull
16. Rock pigeon
17. Mourning dove
18. Black-capped chickadee (v)
19. Northern cardinal (v)
20. Laughing gull
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, Cedar waxwing, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, field sparrow, gray catbird, hairy woodpecker, herring gull, house sparrow, laughing gull, mourning dove, northern cardinal, rock pigeon, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, yellow-rumped warbler
