Pileated Woodpecker.
Quite cool this morning. Fifties (F). Also breezy—which knocked down the number of butterflies and dragonflies and other flies. However, a bunch of birds got the message that fall is approaching, so I got a little taste of early migrants. Including another Philadelphia Vireo (not common, in my experience). But the highlight of the morning was perhaps my happening to hear the rappings of a Pileated Woodpecker, which I then managed to track down.
Philadelphia Vireo.
Fall approaches, for sure.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:45 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Blue Jay** (v)
2. Tufted Titmouse (v)
3. Black-capped Chickadee** (v)
4. American Goldfinch (v)
5. Gray Catbird
6. Common Yellowthroat (v)
7. Eastern Towhee (v)
8. Song Sparrow
9. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
10. American Crow*
11. Cedar Waxwing (v)
12. Yellow-rumped Warbler
13. Red-breasted Nuthatch (v)
14. Philadelphia Vireo
15. Red-eyed Vireo
16. Northern Flicker (v)
17. Pileated Woodpecker
18. American Robin (v)
Elsewhere
19. Northern Cardinal
20. Mourning Dove
21. Herring Gull
22. Rock Pigeon
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, Cedar waxwing, common yellowthroat, eastern towhee, gray catbird, herring gull, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, Philadelphia vireo, pileated woodpecker, red-breasted nuthatch, red-eyed vireo, rock pigeon, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow-rumped warbler
