It was 1° (F) when first I checked the thermometer this morning. Clear, though, and the sun was bright when dog and I headed up to the wooded trailhead—when the temperature had hit maybe 8 or 10 degrees. Not a whole lot of wind.
Still didn’t expect my list to have many more than the four species I got yesterday. I was wrong.
Slim pickin’s coming up through the woods, but down by Beech Hill Road, I heard a nuthatch and a goldfinch, then coming back over spied a yellow-rump and a bunch of robins. Nine species total.
Still winter, though, so who knows what’ll come along tomorrow. (I rather like the uncertainty.)
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 8:48 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. Black-capped Chickadee**
2. Tufted Titmouse** (v)
3. Downy Woodpecker (v)
4. American Crow*
5. Hairy Woodpecker (v)
6. White-breasted Nuthatch**
7. American Goldfinch (v)
8. Yellow-rumped Warbler
9. American Robin
Elsewhere
10. Northern Cardinal (v)
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-capped chickadee, downy woodpecker, hairy woodpecker, northern cardinal, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch, yellow-rumped warbler
