Veery.
Much cooler today, and windy. Wore a sweatshirt over a t-shirt and still felt a little chilly. Didn’t expect to list a lot of species—but the birds had other ideas. Especially the thrushes.
Wood Thrush.
Robins were singing in the chill today.
Also came upon a parula flitting about in an apple tree with new tiny leaves. Saw a raven three times, croaking the latter two, check out me and Jack the first. Barely caught sight of a broad-wing flying quickly into a copse of trees. Ended up with thirty-one species. Most memorable to me?
Three thrushes.
Tonight, as I let Jack out one last time, we heard a deer gallop off into the trees out back—and across the road, in the dark woods behind the little Claddagh Motel, the cries of a fox. They sounds almost like a human woman in distress, that loud, mournful cries.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Ovenbird**
2. Black-capped Chickadee
3. Hermit Thrush
4. Herring Gull*
5. Blue-headed Vireo (v)
6. Black-and-white Warbler (v)
7. Northern Parula
8. Wood Thrush
9. Veery
10. Common Yellowthroat
11. Chestnut-sided Warbler (v)
12. Eastern Towhee (v)
13. Gray Catbird
14. Turkey Vulture*
15. Purple Finch (v)
16. American Robin* (v)
17. Common Raven
18. Northern Flicker (v)
19. American Crow* (v)
20. Broad-winged Hawk
21. Yellow-rumped Warbler (v)
22. Blue Jay (v)
23. Eastern Phoebe
24. Savannah Sparrow
25. Song Sparrow
26. Chipping Sparrow (v)
27. White-breasted Nuthatch** (v)
28. American Goldfinch
29. Tufted Titmouse** (v)
30. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
31. Downy Woodpecker (v)
Hermit Thrush.
Elsewhere
32. Mourning Dove (v)
33. Northern Cardinal (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, blue-headed vireo, broad-winged hawk, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common raven, common yellowthroat, downy woodpecker, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, gray catbird, hermit thrush, herring gull, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, northern parula, ovenbird, purple finch, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, turkey vulture, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, wood thrush, yellow-rumped warbler
