Lovely, warm day. Accomplished a lot of desk work, and then figured it was prudent to have a nice long bike ride. Ahhh—twenty miles of sweat and evaporative cooling.

Then a late Beech Hill hike with Jack. No thunderheads today. Warm and calm. More conspicuous birds, dragonflies, butterflies. Happened upon a young Field Sparrow that was chipping angrily at us. Juvie towhees, too, and other sparrows. Waxwings. Lots of youths about.

Got the fans going this evening. Just moving the air around.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 5:15 p.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. Black-capped Chickadee
2. Cedar Waxwing**
3. American Goldfinch*
4. Eastern Towhee
5. Song Sparrow
6. Common Yellowthroat
7. Field Sparrow
8. American Crow* (v)
9. Savannah Sparrow
10. Northern Flicker (v)
11. Blue Jay (v)
12. Gray Catbird (v)

Elsewhere

13. Herring Gull
14. House Sparrow (v)
15. Rock Pigeon

v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere

Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, Cedar waxwing, common yellowthroat, eastern towhee, field sparrow, gray catbird, herring gull, house sparrow, northern flicker, rock pigeon, savannah sparrow, song sparrow

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