Scarlet Tanager fledgling.
Cool and overcast, with a brief period of hard rain and a following breeze. Took my dog up a hill, where I saw a few bird parents scrambling to feed their young ’uns. Not a lot of singing—other than towhees and yellowthroats. Of note a silent tanager mom and her barely audible fledging.
Scarlet Tanager (female).
It’s that quiet time of year.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 4:!5 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Eastern Towhee
2. American Goldfinch** (v)
3. Common Yellowthroat (v)
4. American Robin**
5. Cedar Waxwing
6. Red-eyed Vireo (v)
7. Gray Catbird
8. Song Sparrow
9. Mourning Dove* (v)
10. American Crow* (v)
11. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
12. American Redstart
13. Chestnut-sided Warbler
14. Scarlet Tanager
Elsewhere
15. Herring Gull
16. Northern Cardinal (v)
17. Double-crested Cormorant
18. Mallard
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, black-capped chickadee, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, common yellowthroat, double-crested cormorant, eastern towhee, gray catbird, herring gull, mallard, mourning dove, northern cardinal, red-eyed vireo, scarlet tanager, song sparrow
