Yellow-rumped Warbler.
I heard the faintest chip! as dog and I descended the hill today. I knew that chip!—the note of a Yellow-rumped Warbler. But it was only one chip! My ears might’ve been fooled by some other faint percussive sound. Perhaps I’d kicked a pebble, or Jack’s tags had made a click.
Then a few seconds later, sure enough, four yellow-rumps popped up out of a patch of bayberries. So thankful for my adamantine hearing.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:15 a.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Black-capped Chickadee**
2. American Crow*
3. Herring Gull*
4. American Goldfinch
5. Yellow-rumped Warbler
6. Tufted Titmouse
7. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
Elsewhere
8. Northern Cardinal (v)
9. Rock Pigeon
10. Hairy Woodpecker
11. Mallard
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, black-capped chickadee, hairy woodpecker, herring gull, mallard, northern cardinal, rock pigeon, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow-rumped warbler
