Pine Warbler.
Man, what a day. I suppose when you’ve had to endure a series of gray, cold June days and a spectacularly sunny, animated, bright, green, windy, big cloud day comes along, you just appreciate it a little more. Or something. Whatever—it was cool to just peek out my window to see a little female American Redstart bouncing around my driveway, and a moment later find a tiny female Pine Warbler in the trees above the back deck.
Eastern Phoebe.
On my afternoon hike with Jack today, I saw a flock of Rock Pigeons fly over the Beech Hill slopes—pretty sure that’s the first time I’ve seen pigeons up there.
And come late afternoon, I attended a lovely get-together at a friend’s in Owls Head, right on the water. A Northern Parula was flitting about high in the spruces around her place, and a pair of phoebes were keeping an eye on their porch-light nest.
A mighty fine day, all in all.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 2:45 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Red-eyed Vireo (v)
2. American Robin*
3. American Redstart*
4. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
5. Chestnut-sided Warbler (v)
6. American Goldfinch (v)
7. Turkey Vulture
8. Yellow Warbler** (v)
9. Alder Flycatcher (v)
10. Song Sparrow
11. Rock Pigeon*
12. Common Yellowthroat (v)
13. Eastern Towhee (v)
14. Eastern Phoebe*
15. American Crow*
16. Herring Gull*
17. Ovenbird (v)
18. Cedar Waxwing
Elsewhere
19. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
20. House Finch (v)
21. Pine Warbler
22. European Starling
23. Northern Flicker
24. Mourning Dove
25. Laughing Gull (v)
26. Northern Parula
27. Blue Jay
38. Double-crested Cormorant
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, blue jay, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, common yellowthroat, double-crested cormorant, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, European starling, herring gull, house finch, laughing gull, mourning dove, northern flicker, northern parula, ovenbird, pine warbler, red-eyed vireo, rock pigeon, song sparrow, turkey vulture, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow warbler, yellow-bellied sapsucker
