Post. Beech Hill Preserve.
Busy day. Wet out. Warmish. Thawy. Heard crows hollering at something walked out back with my binoculars and camera, and there in the woods sat an adult red-tailed hawk. Too far among the trees to get a photo, but I think it was eating a little something.
Woodpecker leavings.
Saw a chickadee pulling up. Did not see a pileated woodpecker on the big dead tree, but wood-chip were sprinkled in heaps on the snow around its trunk.
The snow had compacted some on the snowshoe track, so I wore no snowshoes. Kind of tough going, but worth it. Moist, warmish, thawy. Jack seemed to enjoy it—especially the part where we encountered criss-cross deer tracks and he got a good noseful. Heard a flicker, thought I heard an American tree sparrow (not sure enough to list it), did hear the chip of a yellow-rumped warbler. On the way down, we got sprinkled on a little.
And as we were getting back in the pickup, I heard it, the pileated woodpecker, calling from the trees across the road.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 3 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Black-capped chickadee**
2. Northern flicker (v)
3. American crow*
4. Yellow-rumped warbler (v)
5. Pileated woodpecker (v)
Elsewhere
6. Herring gull
7. Red-tailed hawk
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Deer track.
Tags: American crow, black-capped chickadee, herring gull, northern flicker, pileated woodpecker, red-tailed hawk, yellow-rumped warbler
