Turkey Vulture.
Started up Beech Hill with Jack early today, stopped to take a photo, and my viewfinder went black. Turns out my digital camera’s shutter is on the blink.(“Blink”—O, the irony.) For a few minutes there I felt lost, confused, discombobulated. Then I hurried home to grab my old squeaky camera, the well-used one with a scrape on the lens.
The bay today.
All worked out OK.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:15 a.m.—and again at 9 a.m.—I hiked the open trail.
1. Tufted Titmouse (v)
2. American Robin**
3. American Goldfinch
4. Eastern Towhee
5. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
6. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
7. Chipping Sparrow*
8. Hermit Thrush
9. Alder Flycatcher
10. Cedar Waxwing
11. Song Sparrow**
12. American Crow* (v)
13. Great Crested Flycatcher** (v)
14. Savannah Sparrow (v)
15. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
16. Eastern Phoebe
17. Red-eyed Vireo (v)
18. Gray Catbird (v)
19. Barn Swallow
20. Turkey Vulture
Elsewhere
21. Mourning Dove
22. Wild Turkey
23. Herring Gull
24. Osprey
25. Northern Cardinal (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: alder flycatcher, American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, barn swallow, black-capped chickadee, Cedar waxwing, chipping sparrow, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, gray catbird, hermit thrush, herring gull, mourning dove, osprey, red-eyed vireo, ruby-throated hummingbird, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, turkey vulture, white-breasted nuthatch, wild turkey
