Downy woodpecker.
Woke up before dawn and had breakfast going by about 6:30 or so. (I don’t believe we had any frost.) Nice to get up so early for a change—mainly, because it got me writing. It being Saturday, in fact, I ended up writing most of the day.
Birch.
Did take a mid-afternoon break, though, to hike Beech Hill with dog. Gray and cool and windy up there, but not too lonesome: quite a few other people decided it was a good day to hike. Peak fall color is history, but a few birds are still moving through, including a yellow-rumped warblers still. Only counted six species, the most noteworthy of which was a dark-eyed junco that nearly flew into us on the roadside section of trail.
Crows still assembling on the southern slope. A pretty beautiful, overcast day.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 2:15 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Black-capped chickadee
2. Yellow-rumped warbler
3. American crow
4. Dark-eyed junco
5. Herring gull
6. Downy woodpecker
Elsewhere
7. Blue jay
8. European starling
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*Also elsewhere
Tags: American crow, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, dark-eyed junco, downy woodpecker, European starling, herring gull, yellow-rumped warbler
