Veery (with only five toes).
Early morning. Still and clear and without a big influx of migrants—but still (always, in May) interesting stuff. Heard a loon flying over. Heard and osprey. Spotted a first-of-year redstart. Photographed a Veery with only one toe in its left foot. Saw no people—no humans at all—in a two-plus-hour hike in nice weather.
Black-throated Green Warbler.
The Veery seemed perfectly fine, by the way. I didn’t even notice the missing toes until I was checking out the photo later.
A change in the weather patterns is due tomorrow. Maybe we can expect some excitement Sunday morning.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 6:30 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Ovenbird**
2. Black-throated Green Warbler
3. Tufted Titmouse** (v)
4. Chestnut-sided Warbler
5. Black-capped Chickadee
6. Common Yellowthroat**
7. Veery
8. Eastern Towhee
9. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v)
10. American Goldfinch
12. Gray Catbird**
13. Black-and-white Warbler**
14. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
15. Blue-headed Vireo (v)
16. Blue Jay** (v)
17. Red-eyed Vireo (v)
18. Downy Woodpecker
18. American Crow* (v)
19. American Redstart
20. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
21. Nashville Warbler
22. Purple Finch
23. Mourning Dove (v)
24. Osprey (v)
25. Song Sparrow**
26. Yellow Warbler** (v)
27. Yellow-rumped Warbler
28. Eastern Phoebe**
29. Savannah Sparrow
30. Field Sparrow
31. American Robin**
32. Red-breasted Nuthatch (v)
33. Common Loon (v)
34. Hermit Thrush (v)
35. Northern Parula (v)
Elsewhere
36. Herring Gull
37. House Sparrow
38. Rock Pigeon
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, blue-headed vireo, chestnut-sided warbler, common loon, common yellowthroat, downy woodpecker, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, field sparrow, hermit thrush, herring gull, house sparrow, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern parula, osprey, ovenbird, pileated woodpecker, purple finch, ray catbird, red-breasted nuthatch, red-eyed vireo, rock pigeon, rose-breasted grosbeak, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow warbler, yellow-rumped warbler
