The prognosticators were right: fog this morning. Not real warm, but warm enough to feel the impressive humidity of the air. And the birds—many more birds than just a couple months ago—didn’t seem to mind.

Many more birds because of reproduction, of course. And still the mission of keeping all those fledglings safe and healthy is in the misty air.

I often wonder just how many more birds are fluttering around at this time of year than there were at, say, the beginning of May. Twice as many? Three times as many? More?

Beech Hill List
Starting at 7:49 a.m. EST (8:49 DST), I hiked all trails.

1. Black-and-white Warbler (v)
2. Northern Cardinal* (v)
3. Ovenbird (v)
4. Red-breasted Nuthatch (v)
5. Chestnut-sided Warbler**
6. Veery
7. Common Yellowthroat
8. American Goldfinch
9. Eastern Towhee
10. Black-capped Chickadee
11. Song Sparrow
12. American Robin*
13. Gray Catbird**
14. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (v)
15. Eastern Phoebe (v)
16. Chipping Sparrow (v)
17. House Finch
18. Yellow Warbler
19. Field Sparrow
20. Prairie Warbler (v)
21. American Crow* (v)
22. Red-eyed Vireo (v)
23. White-breasted Nuthatch (v)
24. Eastern Wood-pewee (v)
25. Hermit Thrush (v)
26. Hairy Woodpecker
27. Pileated Woodpecker (v)
28. Downy Woodpecker
29. Wood Thrush (v)
30. Mourning Dove (v)
31. Blue Jay (v)
32. Northern Flicker
33. Tufted Titmouse (v)
34. Cedar Waxwing
35. Savannah Sparrow
36. Eastern Bluebird
37. Merlin†
38. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)

Elsewhere

39. Mallard

(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year

Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, Cedar waxwing, chestnut-sided warbler, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, downy woodpecker, eastern bluebird, eastern gray squirrel, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee, field sparrow, gray catbird, hairy woodpoecker, hermit thrush, house finch, mallard, merlin, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, ovenbird, pileated woodpecker, prairie warbler, red-breasted nuthatch, red-eyed vireo, rose-breasted grosbeak, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, veery, white-breasted nuthatch, wood thrush, yellow warbler

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