Eastern Phoebe.
A drippy, rainy, chilly, lovely gray day. I stayed indoors for most of it, working on fonts and stuff, but got out late with Jack. I’d waited for a break in the great green swath on the weather radar.
Clash of phoebes.
Still drizzling a little when we got up there, but we were alone. Alone except for a bunch of birds, turned out. Including my first Beech Hill phoebe, hunting as they do early in the season, perched on weed stalks, scanning for crawling things. I got a few photos when suddenly a flurry of action, and what looked like two birds flitting away in the damp afternoon.
Only later when I downloaded my images—two birds for sure.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 4:30 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Black-capped Chickadee**
2. American Crow*
3. White-breasted Nuthatch*
4. American Robin*
5. Tufted Titmouse*
6. Northern Cardinal* (v)
7. Song Sparrow*
8. Northern Flicker (v)
9. Eastern Phoebe*
10. Yellow-rumped Warbler (v)
11. Blue Jay** (v)
12. House Finch** (v)
Elsewhere
13. American Goldfinch
14. Downy Woodpecker (v)
15. Herring Gull
16. House Sparrow
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, downy woodpecker, eastern phoebe, herring gull, house finch, house sparrow, northern cardinal, northern flicker, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow-rumped warbler
