American robins.
Arrived at Beech Hill with my dog early this sunny, crisp, still morning and encountered a bunch of birds. A flock of robins across the road dining on old fruit, the little poke-around birds—chickadees, nuthatches, titmice, brown creepers—poking around in the trees around the parking lot. A downy woodpecker across the road. My list had seven birds before we started up the snow-packed trail.
Pause before the climb, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 09 February 2014.
It was a really lovely morning up there. Bright, not too far below freezing, quiet enough to hear the croak of a raven and the distant caws of crows. After all, I have a thing about the corvidae.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 10:15 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Black-capped Chickadee**
2. Tufted Titmouse (v)
3. American Robin
4. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
5. Brown Creeper
6. Downy Woodpecker (v)
7. Herring Gull*
8. Northern flicker
9. Common raven (v)
10. American crow* (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American robin, black-capped chickadee, brown creeper, common raven, downy woodpecker, herring gull, northern flicker, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch
