Mary Kentros spotted the first definite southbound migrant warbler, a northern waterthrush, on the muddy shoreline of Deep Bottom Cove on August 6. Its distinctive tail bobbing was conspicuous. This species is much more common than the very similar Louisiana waterthrush.

It is leaving quite a bitter taste in my mouth.

On Tuesday morning, before most of us have risen for the day, there will be an astronomical spectacle worth getting up and outside.

If frogs hitchhiked, this one would always get a ride.

In an unusual twist for this column, consider four species that have not been reported recently. I mention them now because the next month or so is a good time to find them.

When Tim Leland went out with his shears one morning in mid-July to trim the bushes around his driveway in Wasque on Chappaquiddick, he checked in on his neighbors — a pair of ospreys.