Black-capped chickadee.
Rain early, then fog and chill. Worked inside all day, then got out with dog late for our Beech Hill hike. The sun made a surprise appearance as we traipsed around the hill, peeping in and out.
American robin.
Plenty of April birds up there. Chickadees in droves. Towhees calling from many places (none yet singing, though). The song of a hermit thrush.
Ferns are fast rising. Little light green aspen leaves are beginning to color the hillsides.
A solitary robin sang from a perch on a low Beech Nut wall.
Nothing too dramatic. A gobbling turkey, an overflying duck. But from the smell of the air and new shade in the woodland, you can tell that spring is gathering.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 5:15 p.m., I hiked the wooded trails.
1. Black-capped chickadee*
2. American robin*
3. Mourning dove (v)*
4. Herring gull (v)*
5. Eastern phoebe*
6. Eastern towhee
7. Hermit thrush (v)
8. Northern flicker (v)
9. Northern cardinal (v)*
10. Wild turkey (v)*
11. Hairy woodpecker (v)
12. American goldfinch (v)*
13. American crow (v)*
14. Mallard*
Elsewhere
15. Tufted titmouse (v)
16. House finch (v)
17. European starling
18. Ring-billed gull
19. Common loon
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
Young ferns.
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, black-capped chickadee, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, European starling, hairy woodpecker, hermit thrush, herring gull, house finch, mallard, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern flicker, ring-billed gull, tufted titmouse, wild turkey
