American robin.
Got antsy this morning watching the birds move through. Juncos, robins, white-throats moving through, south to north. Singing chickadee and titmouse and cardinal and house finch and house sparrow. Titmice and nuthatches poking about for nesting cavities. Anyway, I got antsy and so took another long early Beech Hill hike with Jack.
Mallards.
Plenty of birds on the hill, too. Watched a chickadee at work on a nesting cavity. Took a little video of a spring-singing chickadee. Goldfinches overhead. Saw the shrike again, lingering late. Heard first of year grackles and a killdeer.
Snow lingers in the woods, and the grass remains brown, but April is here, and spring is happening.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 9:45 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. American robin*
2. Black-capped Chickadee*
3. American Crow*
4. Mourning Dove* (v)
5. American Goldfinch** (v)
6. Herring Gull* (v)
7. Song Sparrow** (v)
8. Common Grackle† (v)
9. Hairy Woodpecker
10. Tufted Titmouse* (v)
11. Northern Shrike
12. Killdeer† (v)
13. White-throated Sparrow* (v)
14. Wild Turkey
15. Downy Woodpecker
16. Mallard
Elsewhere
17. House Finch (v)
18. House Sparrow
19. Dark-Eyed Junco
20. White-breasted Nuthatch
21. European Starling
22. Northern Cardinal (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird
Patch of sun.
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-capped chickadee, common grackle, dark-eyed junco, downy woodpecker, European starling, hairy woodpecker, herring gull, house finch, house sparrow, killdeer, mallard, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern shrike, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch, white-throated sparrow, wild turkey
