Meadow full of bluebirds

Eastern Bluebird, Charles River Peninsula, Needham, MA

This was one of those mornings. Bluebird chatter audible across the field. I counted at least twelve, each on its own milkweed stalk.

Eastern Bluebird, Charles River Peninsula, Needham, MA

The pokeberry party continues and the bluebirds have joined the robins and the catbirds and the waxwings in gobbling berries.

Eastern Bluebird, Charles River Peninsula, Needham, MA

Every once in a while three or four would take off at once. The chase was on.

Eastern Bluebird, Charles River Peninsula, Needham, MA

And sometimes they would chase goldfinches. And sometimes the goldfinches would chase them. And everyone was chasing the pine warblers. Especially the pine warblers.

Eastern Bluebird, Charles River Peninsula, Needham, MA

Blue-winged warbler up in an oak tree. Red squirrels biting off the stems of hickory nuts and letting them crash through the foliage. Northern rough-winged swallows gathering on the power lines over the river. Late summer is a good time of year at Charles River Peninsula.