Pine Siskin.
Drizzle, fog, mud, and remnant snow
greeted dog and me today
as we slogged up the breezy April hill.
We heard the songs of robins,
the trills of sparrows,
and soft sounds of a siskin.
We saw a silent, solitary raven
flying low over the thawing barren—
perhaps a spirit of the water weather.
Raven in fog.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Tufted Titmouse
2. American Crow
3. Blue Jay
4. White-breasted Nuthatch
5. American Robin
6. Song sparrow
7. Northern Cardinal
8. Common Raven
9. Black-Capped Chickadee
10. Downy Woodpecker
11. Pine Siskin
12. American Goldfinch
Elsewhere
13. Herring Gull
14. Mourning Dove
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
