Birds were active below Ledyard Bridge this morning, despite light rain. 
Highlights were great views of an olive-sided flycatcher, 4 tanagers, 
and seeing a few species which are getting scarce here as September 
looms (swallows, kingbirds, and yellow warblers).
Spencer & Doug Hardy, Norwich

Aug. 29, 10am-12pm
Light rain, ~60°F, overcast

Wood Duck    4    2 males in transitional plumage
Mallard    30
Great Blue Heron    1
Green Heron    1
Bald Eagle    1    5th year?
Ruby-throated Hummingbird    1    chasing a tree swallow
Belted Kingfisher    1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker    1
Downy Woodpecker    1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)    1
Pileated Woodpecker    1
*Olive-sided Flycatcher*    1    low-res phonescope image:
    <https://udrive.oit.umass.edu/xythoswfs/webui/_xy-4503002_1-t_8stpBout>
    (link requires confirming that you'd like to see the image; it is 
safe, really!)
Eastern Phoebe    2
Eastern Kingbird    3    spp. not seen in last few evenings
Blue Jay    3
American Crow    5
Tree Swallow    7    6 migrating down river/south; 1 feeding around us 
for 2 hours
Barn Swallow    2    feeding briefly
Black-capped Chickadee    2
House Wren    1
American Robin    12
Gray Catbird    2
Cedar Waxwing    30    lots of juveniles; some orange tips
Yellow Warbler    1
Chestnut-sided Warbler    1
Yellow-rumped Warbler    2
Common Yellowthroat    1
*Wilson's Warbler*    1
*Scarlet Tanager    4*    male with hints of red
Song Sparrow    3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak    1
Baltimore Oriole    3
American Goldfinch    2


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