White-breasted Nuthatch.
Got finished with a long, hard, time-consuming project today. And on May first. (Ah, perfect timing.) So right away dog and I—what else?—hit Beech Hill. Sunny breezy, sweatshirt weather up in the wind, t-shirt weather in town.
Maple blossoms.
No real conspicuous birds—other than a first-of-year Broad-winged Hawk I saw right away before we’d even left the parking lot. (The first-of-year Palm Warbler I saw was truly inconspicuous.) Fifteen birds in all. Buds on bushes and trees. It’s that typical May Day thing here at the 44th parallel: spring finally hits the starting line.
And I did remember “rabbit rabbit” this morning.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 4 p.m, I hiked the open trail.
1. American Goldfinch** (v)
2. Black-capped Chickadee*
3. Broad-winged Hawk†
4. American Crow*
5. Yellow-rumped Warbler
6. Tufted Titmouse (v)
7. Pileated Woodpecker (drumming)
8. Palm Warbler†
9. Common Raven
10. Northern Cardinal** (v)
11. Eastern Towhee (v)
12. Eastern Phoebe
13. White-breasted Nuthatch**
14. Song Sparrow** (v)
15. Red-breasted Nuthatch (v)
16. Downy Woodpecker (v)
Elsewhere
17. Herring Gull
18. House Finch (v)
19. Double-crested Cormorant
20.Common Grackle
21. Rock Pigeon
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, black-capped chickadee, broad-winged hawk, common grackle, common raven, double-crested cormorant, downy woodpecker, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, herring gull, house finch, northern cardinal, palm warbler, pileated woodpecker, red-breasted nuthatch, rock pigeon, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow-rumped warbler
