Well, the last of the nesting species have finished. Goldfinches leave their nesting duties until late in the season, well past the time when most birds have nested. There are still a few nesting birds around, however. Song sparrows are on second broods in some cases, but their young should be just about out of the nest now. So that's it... now the birds can begin leaving! Well, not the goldfinches, who tend to be short-distance travellers, rather than migrants. In winter they'll move around a bit, but they are not long-distance migrants.

Jeewa told me she saw a couple of black-and-white warblers in the garden, so things are happening out there in the bird world, as these will be birds starting to move south.