White-tailed Deer (juveniles).
Calm and damp this morning, but the day still had a little rain in it. Small, spattering showers floated by in late morning and early afternoon, then a lull, then more showers tonight. But it was nowhere near the gully-washer we had yesterday, so Jack and I got back on the hill—as it happens, between the little showers.
Black-capped Chickadee.
Juncos up there still, and sparrows, and a flicker, but fewer yellow-rumps. The foliage is past peak now—especially what with all that wind and rain—and the landscape has begun to go a ruddy sort of brown.
On our return trip, at the end of South Street, I watched a Great Blue Heron lift slowly out of a meadow across the road.
Later, leaving work on Meadow Street, we came upon a little family of deer: a mother and two youngsters. They seemed kind of overly tame, in fact, not spooking even when I got slowly out of the truck to take photos. Only when I let Jack jump out—“Jack, no,” I had to caution him (or the chase would’ve been on)—did they skedaddle on into the trees. Jack, ears up, watched them go.
Pretty sure this has is the trailing edge of the nor’easter, which is liable to go down as a memorably prodigious period of rain.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 2 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Black-capped Chickadee** (v)
2. Yellow-rumped Warbler (v)
3. Dark-eyed Junco
4. White-throated Sparrow
5. Blue Jay* (v)
6. Northern Flicker
7. Song Sparrow
Elsewhere
8. American Crow
9. Herring Gull
10. European Starling
11. Great Blue Heron
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, dark-eyed junco, European starling, herring gull, northern flicker, song sparrow, white-throated sparrow, yellow-rumped warbler
