August 1st. This date means nothing to any bird, but it has a little more importance to me. Since its conception, I have gotten more and more attached to this August big month. Now that August is here, each bird has a little more meaning for me. August is traditionally the first month with much southbound landbird movement, so I began the day with a walk around "my" old beaver pond. Nothing I saw was definitely a migrant, but post-breeding wandering was clearly evident. The list on the right gives some highlights as well as the current species total.
Some individual sightings worth mentioning-
Indigo Bunting-singing for the second week in a row, not seen most years during the summer. This may be a breeder that I missed as a result of extended travel during June and early July. If so it would be the first time I have found this species breeding in the neighborhood.
Black-billed Cuckoo-one bird singing as a I write. This species is well known to be a irruptive species, and this year is clearly an invasion year. During one of the last invasions, we found a nest (during the breeding bird atlas) near our neighbors pond. Since then I have never heard one well enough to be positive they are around.
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