Yellow-rumped warbler.
Early morning, loads of Beech Hill birds. The first was a Blue-headed Vireo poking about low in the sugarbush maples at the trailhead. Damn auto-focus on my camera doesn’t seem to be working right, or I’d have a nice shot to put here.
Instead, I got some yellow-rumped warblers, a bunch of which moved through near the summit.
Least Flycatcher (I think).
Also saw an empid of some kind, I think a Least Flycatcher. It was silent, but small, and hanging out in the wooded areas—not the wood fringe where the Alder Flycatchers roam. Plus, Alder Flys tend to come a little later, in my experience.
Heard my first Common Yellowthroat of the year—which I almost missed, the call is so familiar on the hill—and spotted a pair of Gray Catbirds, just arrived.
Finally, as we neared the end of our hike, Jack and I, I spotted a tiny, solitary Northern Parula high in the grove of tall oaks.
It rained later. I didn’t get out again today.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 6:30 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Blue-headed Vireo
2. Hermit Thrush (v)
3. Ovenbird
4. Tufted Titmouse
5. Eastern Phoebe
6. Hairy Woodpecker (v)
7. Black-and-white Warbler
8. American Goldfinch (v)
9. American Robin
10. Northern Flicker (v)
11. Eastern Towhee
12. Black-capped Chickadee**
13. American Crow*
14. White-throated Sparrow
15. Mourning Dove (v)
16. Yellow-rumped Warbler
17. Blue Jay (v)
18. Brown-headed Cowbird (v)
19. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
20. Brown Thrasher
21. Empidonax sp.† (Least Flycatcher?)
22. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (drumming)
23. Tree Swallow
24. Common Yellowthroat† (v)
25. Song Sparrow**
26. White-breasted Nuthatch
27. Savannah Sparrow
28. Eastern Bluebird (v)
29. Northern Cardinal (v)
30. Mallard
31. Red-winged Blackbird
32. House Finch** (v)
33. Chipping Sparrow**
34. Osprey
35. Canada Goose (v)
36. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (v)
37. Gray Catbird†
38. Northern Parula†
Elsewhere
39. Herring Gull
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird
Eastern Towhee.
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, blue-headed vireo, brown thrasher, brown-headed cowbird, Canada goose, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, gray catbird, hairy woodpecker, hermit thrush, house finch, least flycatcher, mallard, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, northern parula, osprey, ovenbird, pileated woodpecker, red-winged blackbird, ruby-crowned kinglet, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tree swallow, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch, white-throated sparrow, yellow-bellied sapsucker, yellow-rumped warbler
