Black-capped Chickadee.
Took a quick, wet hike with dog today. Early afternoon. It was warm and wet—drizzling. Heavy rain earlier. Fog. And birds. Birds all over the place.
Yellow-rumped Warbler.
Flitting birds, zipping, Furtive birds. Secretive. Skittish. Most of them were sparrows.
Song, White-throated, Savannah, and White-crowned. Mostly Savannah, it seemed—thin notes from the undergrowth, little troops of sparrows slipping away into the fog. Jack and I would advance a ways and spook another little flock of them. Tseet! said the white-throats.
Didn’t get any sparrow photographs, though—no good ones, anyway. But there were almost as many yellow-rumps, and they’re always good for a photo.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 1 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Black-capped Chickadee**
2. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
3. Yellow-rumped Warbler
4. American Crow* (v)
5. White-throated Sparrow (v)
6. Song Sparrow
7. Northern Flicker
8. Savannah Sparrow
9. White-crowned Sparrow
Elsewhere
10. Tufted titmouse (v)
11. Herring Gull
12. Canada Goose
13. Mallard
14. Blue Jay (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, Canada goose, herring gull, mallard, northern flicker, ruby-crowned kinglet, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, white-crowned sparrow, white-throated sparrow, yellow-rumped warbler
