So quiet on the hill this frosty morning. So calm. I stood for long moments in several places, just listening to faint and distant sounds. Multiple species right around the parking lot—then, toward the summit, a little flock of bluebirds.

(This day I saw them before I heard them for a change.)

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 9 a.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. Pileated Woodpecker
2. Black-capped Chickadee**
3. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
4. Tufted Titmouse
5. Brown Creeper
6. American Goldfinch
7. American Robin (v)
8. Downy Woodpecker
9. American Crow*
10. Snow Bunting (v)
11. Eastern Bluebird

Elsewhere

12. Herring Gull

v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere

 

Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-capped chickadee, brown creeper, downy woodpecker, eastern bluebird, herring gull, pileated woodpecker, snow bunting, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch

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