Field Sparrow.
An early morning, a flood of good birds. For whatever reason—a convergence of the season, meteorological conditions, and just the miracle of the universe—a bunch of new species showed up. Thirty-seven species, eleven of them warblers (three of those first-of-year birds), a first-of-year Veery, video of a pair of crows harassing a raven, video of a singing Northern Parula. Two-plus hours of hiking with my good dog Jack.
Here are a few photos.
Crown and raven.
Northern Parula.
Black-throated Blue Warbler.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 6:45 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. American Goldfinch
2. Black-capped Chickadee**
3. Ovenbird** (v)
4. Common Yellowthroat
5. Black-and-white Warbler**
6. Tufted Titmouse* (v)
7. Eastern Phoebe
8. Blue-headed Vireo†
9. Chestnut-sided Warbler†
10. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
11. Blue Jay (v)
12. Eastern Towhee
13. White-throated Sparrow
14. American Crow*
15. Gray Catbird
16. Northern Parula†
17. Hairy Woodpecker (v)
18. Purple Finch (v)
19. Red-winged Blackbird
20. Veery†
21. Northern Flicker (v)
22. Song Sparrow
23. Yellow-rumped Warbler
24. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (v)
25. Savannah Sparrow
26. Northern Cardinal** (v)
27. Nashville Warbler (v)
28. American Robin
29. Chipping Sparrow (v)
30. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
31. Downy Woodpecker
32. Common Raven
33. Palm Warbler
34. Winter Wren† (v)
35. Turkey Vulture
36. Black-throated Blue Warbler†
37. Pine Warbler (v)
Elsewhere
38. Mourning Dove
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated blue warbler, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, blue-headed vireo, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common raven, common yellowthroat, downy woodpecker, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, gray catbird, hairy woodpecker, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern cardinal, northern flicker, northern parula, ovenbird, palm warbler, pine warbler, purple finch, red-winged blackbird, ruby-crowned kinglet, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, turkey vulture, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, white-throated sparrow, winter wren, yellow-rumped warbler
