It sure enough snowed overnight, as forecast. Rose early, shoveled the drive, then headed up to the trail head with dog and snowshoes. [The snowshoes are always in the bed of my truck, just in case.]
A gloriously sunny morning, with light winds and warmish (upper-20s into the 30s (F)) temperatures, so I thought I might have more bird species on my list than yesterday (when I had three). And I sure enough did—also birds generally, as we encountered a large murder of crows (at least a couple dozen, probably more).
Heard a raven, heard a finch like bird I could not ID (and a couple finches I could). Couple of gulls, couple of cardinals. Singing birds: cardinals, chickadees, and titmice
More snow tomorrow, but warmer so maybe mixed with rain. Guess we’ll find out!
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 7:58 a.m., I hiked all trails.
1. American Crow
2. White-breasted Nuthatch
3. Tufted Titmouse
4. Northern Cardinal
5. American Goldfinch
6. Black-capped Chickadee
7. Herring Gull
8. Common Raven
9. House Finch
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, black-capped chickadee, common raven, herring gull, house finch, northern cardinal, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch
