Yellow-rumped warbler.
Midday hike. Flitting birds—one bluebird, a small flock of yellow-rumps, a solitary goldfinch. Windy up there today. Twenty-something (F). Frigid, but a lovely ribbon of sunlight illuminated the distant southeast horizon.
Horizon.
As we were piling back in the pickup, Jack and me, I spotted a herring gull soaring high, high in the northwest sky.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 11:45 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Eastern bluebird
2. Yellow-rumped warbler
3. American goldfinch
4. Black-capped chickadee** (v)
5. Herring gull*
Elsewhere
6. American crow
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, black-capped chickadee, herring gull, yellow-rumped warbler
