Northern Cardinal (female).
Up pretty early, looked out the window, saw a bright sunny morning, decided to head out for hike right after I gave Jack breakfast. Which is what happened.
Song Sparrow.
Kind of surprised to see three cars in the lot at 7:30 a.m., but hey. Turns out all three of those (solo) parties had dogs with ’em—including my trail pal, Ed. Quite a few birds about that early, too—the most noteworthy among them a small flock of Yellow-rumped warblers down over the hill. The males were singing, they were all sort of skittish. I got only bad photos, but hey.
Gulls and crows and Song Sparrows (many, all singing, it seems). No hawks, but hey.
In later morning, back at home, I watched out the window as a fox—clearly the same fox I photographed a week or two ago—hurry down and along the brook. About twenty minutes later, I spied him trotting back across and into the woods beyond.
Tonight is warmish, with a big ol’ moon up there.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:30 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Black-capped Chickadee*
2. Tufted Titmouse**
3. Mourning Dove**
4. Brown-headed Cowbird
5. Song Sparrow*
6. Eastern Phoebe*
7. Herring Gull*
8. American Robin* (v)
9. Downy Woodpecker (v)
10. American Crow*
11. American Goldfinch* (v)
12. House Finch** (v)
13. Northern Cardinal**
14. Yellow-rumped Warbler
15. White-breasted Nuthatch* (v)
Elsewhere
16. Blue Jay (v)
17. Dark-eyed Junco
18. Red-bellied Woodpecker (v)
19. House Sparrow
20. Rock Pigeon
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, brown-headed cowbird, dark-eyed junco, downy woodpecker, eastern phoebe, herring gull, house finch, house sparrow, mourning dove, northern cardinal, red-bellied woodpecker, rock pigeon, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow-rumped warbler
