Tonight- Wed 31st, from 5:30 to 6, their was some good bird movement in the yard here-1,000 feet- in Harwinton. I have often commented on how migrating birds will follow the sun up a Mt in late afternoon on its west side to the top as they feed and prepare to fly off during the night and migrate on. I believe tonight was such an event. I first noticed bird movement from a Red Cedar tree, then more from a wild apple tree and large Oak. All were flycatching up from these trees catching flying insects incl ants. In the half hr without bins, I estimate seeing 100 plus warblers pass through. Most were Immature BT Green Warblers and Redstarts, but some i separated out were: Blackburnians 1-Yellow BT Blues Pines 1-Chestnut-sided Yellow-Rumps - third in number 1-Black & White 1-Nashville 1 - Magnolia 1 - Im Bay-breasted or Blackpoll Also were some Blue-headed Vireo within and about 100 plus Knighthawks and many C Swifts all going due North! I also visited earlier at Bakersville Swamp seeing only 2 Kingbirds, many Cedar Waxwing and 1 - Yellow-bellied Flycatcher This morn at Colebrook reservoir it was dead, seeing only 4 C Merganser! Didn't search much, but in the woods it was extremely dead, indicating to me most birds were staging together somewhere other than were I was. This reservoir which is lowered very much down in late summer, was completely full from the rains of Irene! No shorebirds will be putting down here in the mud this fall. But for me, I would say, migration has begun............Paul Carrier