Song Sparrow.
Today was the third straight warm, sun-soaked, sweat-streaked day in a row. When these have been as rare as they have this spring, you tend to try to cram as much outdoor stuff as you can into a day. Today, I: 1) hiked all over Beech Hill with Jack; 2) rode fourteen miles on my bicycle; mowed the lawn. I’m kind of tuckered as I write this.
Birch.
Moreover, since I picked arguably the worst possible time of day to hike the hill—the heat of midday—I don’t have much to show for our time there today. No great photos, no outlandish bird stories. No Brown Thrasher sightings at the summit, in fact, which left me mildly melancholy. Maybe tomorrow.
Although tomorrow the weather is supposed to change to cooler and wetter. But that’s all right. I love this night. And I shall sleep well in it.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 1:15 p.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Red-eyed Vireo** (v)
2. American Redstart**
3. Eastern Towhee
4. Chestnut-sided Warbler**
5. Eastern Phoebe**
6. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
7. Black-and-white Warbler (v)
8. Alder Flycatcher
9. Song Sparrow**
10. American Goldfinch (v)
11. Yellow Warbler** (v)
12. Common Yellowthroat (v)
13. American Crow*
14. Field Sparrow (v)
15. Blue Jay* (v)
16. Ovenbird
17. Hermit Thrush
18. Black-throated Blue Warbler (v)
19. Veery (v)
20. Black-capped Chickadee** (v)
21. Black-throated Green Warbler** (v)
22. Nashville Warbler (v)
23. Turkey Vulture
24. Gray Catbird**
25. Herring Gull*
26. Broad-winged Hawk
27. Cedar Waxwing** (v)
Elsewhere
28. House Finch (v)
29. House Sparrow
30. Chipping Sparrow (v)
31. Northern Cardinal (v)
32. Double-crested Cormorant
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated blue warbler, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, broad-winged hawk, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, double-crested cormorant, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, field sparrow, gray catbird, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, house sparrow, Nashville warbler, northern cardinal, ovenbird, pileated woodpecker, red-eyed vireo, song sparrow, turkey vulture, veery, yellow warbler
