I just got back from my weekly birdwatching - I didn't think I would get to 
go because of the storms they are predicting. But I had a great day!
 There were lots of Chipping Sparrows, and more White-Throated Sparrows than 
I had seen before. It seems like we should be expecting them to leave? I saw 
lots of Common Flickers and more Blue-gray Gnatcatchers (at one point one of 
them was 5-6 feet away from me). There were Wood Ducks (2 males, 1 female) 
in some flood puddles at the edge between a field and the woods. I am seeing 
more and more Brown Headed Cowbirds.
 The highlights were a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (as far as I could tell, but it 
definitely had a yellow patch on top of a black patch just under its 
shoulder and was striped otherwise) and a SCARLET TANAGER. They are both 
life birds for me and I was so excited to see the Scarlet Tanager I couldn't 
hold my binoculars still! 
 As far as bluebird boxes go, I have two nests with 5 eggs each, and today I 
managed to scare the birds out of the boxes while I was standing right 
there.
 A good day (for me anyway, as a beginner), glad I could fit it in before 
the (supposed) storms.
 - Kate