Before the winds came and the sky thickened, this was a bright morning. There was a Brown Thrasher (first of the season, making a trifecta of mimids for the day) and a beautiful yellow/green tanager, either a female or a non-breeding plumaged male Scarlet. Many Eastern Phoebes and many Yellow-rumped Warblers plus a couple of Common Yellowthroats. Blue Jays everywhere; the invasion of this species has been remarkable.
Peter Dorosh suggests that the asters described yesterday might be White Wood Aster and Blue Wood Aster. He's probably right about the White Wood Aster (Aster divaricatus) which has heart-shaped leaves but the blue asters, which have narrow, clasping leaves, are more likely to be Smooth Aster (Aster laevis). I'll keep working on it.
Eric Salzman
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